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Bible Verses About Presents

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  1. And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

  2. and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.

  3. And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What are they--these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'

  4. And he saith, `For--the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'

  5. And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight is a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight is ten bekahs of gold),

  6. `And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter art thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands,

  7. and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother.

  8. and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

  9. and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

  10. And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

  11. she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

  12. suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

  13. then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also is behind us.'

  14. and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

  15. and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

  16. And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

  17. receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all things ;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

  18. And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

  19. And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

  20. and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

  21. And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth;

  22. to all of them hath he given--to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments;

  23. And the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah, and Jehovah raiseth to them a saviour, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite (a man--shut of his right hand), and the sons of Israel send by his hand a present to Eglon king of Moab;

  24. and he bringeth near the present to Eglon king of Moab, and Eglon is a very fat man.

  25. And it cometh to pass, when he hath finished to bring near the present, that he sendeth away the people bearing the present,