Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Kejadian 32:14

מנחה. We already explained that the word portrays a gift, in connection with Genesis 4,3. The root of the word is נחה, as in Exodus 32,34 נחה את העם,

A meal-offering. The expression מנחה connotes a tax or tribute given by a servant to his master. It appears to me that it is based on the root נח (to rest, lie down), which connotes submission and coming down from above to below. Accordingly, מנחה connotes how a servant demonstrates his submission to his master. This same usage of מנחה applies to any present sent from one to another, such as in (Bereishis 32:14): A present (מנחה) to his brother, Eisov. Here, Yaakov wished to demonstrate to Eisov that he is submissive to him and honors him as a servant honors his master. Now, a poor man whose home is empty and has nothing to offer besides a tenth of an ephah demonstrates his great submission when he brings the little in his possession to God, more than the rich man who offers a calf. Therefore, this offering, although it is very little in quantity, is called the מנחה.

TAKE, I PRAY THEE, MY BLESSING. I.e., the gift. Likewise, Make your blessing with me⁸⁸II Kings 18:31. means “bring me a gift” or “make your peace with me.” So also, Take a blessing of thy servant⁸⁹Ibid., 5:15. means “take a present from thy servant.” They called a gift which a man sends of his own free will “a blessing” because he sends it from that with which G-d had blessed him, just as the verse states, Wherewith the Eternal thy G-d hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him,⁹⁰Deuteronomy 15:14. and just as Scripture said above, And he took of that which he had with him.⁹¹Above, 32:14. However, a specific gift of that which has been agreed upon as due the king is called mas (tribute).

that...is ready and prepared to come to his hand, i.e., to him, and with him is the day of darkness. at his hand Like (Gen. 32: 14), “from what came into his hand.”