The Lord Will

Genesis 32:22

β€œAnd he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.”

KJV

Read in Genesis 32

Meaning

Jacob moves his immediate household across the Jabbok during the night, narrowing the scene toward his coming solitude.

Read carefully

The family movement is first a concrete geographical action; symbolic readings should not erase the actual crossing described by the text.

Reflection

The chapter shifts from managing a large company to a scene in which Jacob will have no household or possessions beside him.