Genesis 33:11
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
Cross References
Genesis 32:13Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
Genesis 32:21So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
Joshua 15:19“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
1 Samuel 25:27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
2 Kings 2:17But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
2 Kings 5:23But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 33:6-16
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9… Read the whole commentary →