And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Genesis 33:9 stands in Genesis 12-50, the portion concerned with God's dealings with the chosen race, as distinct from Genesis 1-11 concerned with God's dealings with the human race. It records Esau's answer to Jacob's offer of property to make amends to his offended brother. It was spoken after Jacob said the company Esau met was sent to find grace in his sight, within the meeting in which Esau ran to Jacob, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept. It belongs to Jacob's return to Palestine and his deliverance from Esau, where God intervened to change Esau's purpose and Jacob and his household were dedicated to God. That deliverance brought Jacob through danger without the use of the sword and shows the Lord's power to change men's hearts, and it stands connected with Jacob coming in peace to the city of Shechem.
Esau's feelings toward Jacob had greatly changed, from waiting for Isaac's death to take revenge on Jacob for stealing the father's blessing and burning with murderous anger, to meeting Jacob as a friend with enmity, jealousy, hatred and anger gone. His words that he has enough and Jacob should keep what he has refuse Jacob's gifts because the ground for the quarrel was gone. Jacob was now wealthy, and by his gifts returned to Esau the temporal possession Esau had recklessly sold for a mess of pottage. The peace thus reflected was made possible by Jacob's change of heart and name from supplanter to Israel, a prince of God, through the night of terrible conflict and wrestling with the Angel, the Prince of Peace, in real and absolute conversion and full surrender that greatly modified and refined his character. The rough and cunning hand was gone and persuasive love had taken possession of his soul, so with troubles over personal sins gone and a heart full of heavenly tenderness he was humble, kind and truly noble, having power with men because he had power with God and needing no army to meet his brother's army, and Esau was transformed by tender emotions of love upon meeting him so.
The verse belongs to the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau after a changed heart and a changed name, and it teaches forgiveness and calls for the spirit of forgiveness in the heart. Though reconciled, the brothers still parted because their possessions were too great to dwell together and because their religious faith was so unlike that it was better to live apart. They met again at their father's deathbed in united grief.
Genesis 33:9 stands in Genesis 12-50, the portion concerned with God's dealings with the chosen race, as distinct from Genesis 1-11 concerned with God's dealings with the human race. It records Esau's answer to Jacob's offer of property to make amends to his offended brother. It was spoken after Jacob said the company Esau met was sent to find grace in his sight, within the meeting in which Esau ran to Jacob, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept. It belongs to Jacob's return to Palestine and his deliverance from Esau, where God intervened to change Esau's purpose and Jacob and his household were dedicated to God. That deliverance brought Jacob through danger without the use of the sword and shows the Lord's power to change men's hearts, and it stands connected with Jacob coming in peace to the city of Shechem.
Esau's feelings toward Jacob had greatly changed, from waiting for Isaac's death to take revenge on Jacob for stealing the father's blessing and burning with murderous anger, to meeting Jacob as a friend with enmity, jealousy, hatred and anger gone. His words that he has enough and Jacob should keep what he has refuse Jacob's gifts because the ground for the quarrel was gone. Jacob was now wealthy, and by his gifts returned to Esau the temporal possession Esau had recklessly sold for a mess of pottage. The peace thus reflected was made possible by Jacob's change of heart and name from supplanter to Israel, a prince of God, through the night of terrible conflict and wrestling with the Angel, the Prince of Peace, in real and absolute conversion and full surrender that greatly modified and refined his character. The rough and cunning hand was gone and persuasive love had taken possession of his soul, so with troubles over personal sins gone and a heart full of heavenly tenderness he was humble, kind and truly noble, having power with men because he had power with God and needing no army to meet his brother's army, and Esau was transformed by tender emotions of love upon meeting him so.
The verse belongs to the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau after a changed heart and a changed name, and it teaches forgiveness and calls for the spirit of forgiveness in the heart. Though reconciled, the brothers still parted because their possessions were too great to dwell together and because their religious faith was so unlike that it was better to live apart. They met again at their father's deathbed in united grief.