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Genesis 32:20

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And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

And say ye {H559} moreover {H1571}, Behold, thy servant {H5650} Jacob {H3290} is behind us {H310}. For he said {H559}, I will appease {H3722} him {H6440} with the present {H4503} that goeth {H1980} before me {H6440}, and afterward {H310} I will see {H7200} his face {H6440}; peradventure he will accept {H5375} of me {H6440}.

and you are to add, 'And there, just behind us, is your servant Ya'akov.'" For he said, "I will appease him first with the present that goes ahead of me; then, after that, I will see him myself - and maybe he will be friendly toward me."

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

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Cross-References

  • Job 42:8 (5 votes)

    Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you [after your] folly, in that ye have not spoken of me [the thing which is] right, like my servant Job.

  • Job 42:9 (5 votes)

    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite [and] Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.

  • Proverbs 21:14 (4 votes)

    ¶ A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

  • 2 Timothy 2:25 (2 votes)

    In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  • Proverbs 6:35 (2 votes)

    He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  • Jonah 3:9 (2 votes)

    Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  • 1 Samuel 6:5 (2 votes)

    Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.