Genesis 32:21

So the present passed over before him,—whereas he himself tarried that night in the camp.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

In Context

20Then shall ye say, Also, lo! thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said: I must pacify him with the present that goeth on before me. And, after that, will I see his face: Peradventure he will accept me.

22And he arose in that night and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons,—and passed over the ford of Jabbok.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:11Then Israel their father said unto them—If so, then do this,—Take of the song of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a present,—A little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth gum and cistus gum, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

1 Samuel 25:19And she said to her young men—Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 32:14-24

Jacob's Present to Esau. ( b. c. 1739.) 13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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