Heb. El.
Exo. 1:5; Deut. 10:22; cf. Acts 7:14
cf. Luke 2:29-30
Lit., souls. So also throughout the chapter.
vv. 8-26: cf. Gen. 35:23-26; Exo. 1:1-4
Gen. 45:19, 21, 27
Heb. El.
As one who was mature in life, Jacob had fellowship with God by offering sacrifices to Him. Jacob’s way of offering signifies the worship of God with the worship that He seeks by offering Christ to God for His satisfaction (cf. John 4:24).