Genesis 32:20

and ye shall add, Also Jacob himself thy servant followeth our way, (or and ye shall add, And thy servant Jacob himself followeth on our way). For Jacob said, I shall please Esau with (the) gifts that go before (me), and (then) afterward I shall see him; in hap he shall be merciful to me.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19In like manner, he gave commandments to the second, and to the third, (or he gave the same orders to the second, and the third servants), and to all that followed the flocks; and said, Speak ye by the same words to Esau, when ye find him,

21And so the gifts went before him; soothly he dwelled in that night in the tents.

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Cross References

Genesis 43:11Therefore Israel, their father, said to them, If it is need so to be (done), do ye that that ye will, (or And so their father Israel said to them, If it is so needed to be done, then do ye what ye must); (and) take ye (some) of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bear ye gifts to the man, a little of gum, and of honey, and of storax, that is, (a) precious gum, and of myrrh, that is, a bitter gum, and of terebinth, that is, (the) best resins, and of almonds;

1 Samuel 25:17Wherefore behold thou, and think, what thou shalt do; for malice is full-filled against thine husband, and against thine house, (or for malice is now filled full against thy husband, and against all thy family); and he is the son of Belial, so that no man may speak (sense) to him.

Job 42:8Therefore take ye (un)to you seven bulls, and seven rams; and go ye to my servant Job, and offer ye (a) burnt sacrifice for you (rselves). Forsooth Job, my servant, shall pray for you; (and) I shall receive his face, (so) that folly be not areckoned to you; certainly ye have not spoken before me rightful thing, as hath my servant Job, (or for certainly ye have not spoken rightly, or correctly, about me, like my servant Job hath).

Proverbs 15:18A wrathful man raiseth chidings; he that is patient, assuageth chidings that were raised.

Proverbs 21:14A gift hid quencheth chidings (or A secret gift quencheth arguments); and a gift in [the] bosom quencheth most indignation.

2 Timothy 2:25with temperance reproving them that against-stand the truth, that sometime God give to them forthinking, (or repenting), [or penance], (so) that they know the truth,

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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