And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
17. he commanded the foremostThemessengers were strictly commanded to say the same words [Gen 32:18;Gen 32:20], that Esau might bemore impressed and that the uniformity of the address might appearmore clearly to have come from Jacob himself.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And he commanded the foremost,…. He that had the care of the first drove, which consisted of goats, male and female:
saying, when Esau my brother meeteth thee; as there was reason to believe he would, being on the road, and him first of all, being the foremost:
and asketh thee, saying, what [art] thou? that is, whose servant art thou? to whom dost thou belong?
and whither goest thou? what place art thou travelling to?
and whose are these before thee? whose are these goats? to whom do they belong thou art driving? for in driving and travelling on the road, sheep and goats went before those that had the care of them; whereas, in leading out to pastures, the shepherds went before, and the flocks followed, Joh 10:4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
Ver. 17. Whose art thou? &c. ] Short questions, such as great ones used to ask a See Trapp on “ Gen 33:12 “
a Imperatoria usus est brevitate.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Whose art: Gen 33:3
Reciprocal: Jdg 19:17 – whither