Gen 32:12-13 | KD | STEP | “ For I am in fear of him, that (פּן ne ) he come and smite me, mother with children .” בּנים על אם is a proverbial expression for unsparing cruelty, taken from the bird which covers its young to protect them ( , cf. Hos 10:14). על super, una cum, as in Exo 35:22.

‏ Genesis 32:12-13

“For I am in fear of him, that (פּן ne) he come and smite me, mother with children.” בּנים על אם is a proverbial expression for unsparing cruelty, taken from the bird which covers its young to protect them (Deu 22:6, cf. Hos 10:14). על super, una cum, as in Exo 35:22.