Genesis 32:20 - English Standard Version 2016

²⁰ and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

অধিক সংস্কৰণ

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And say, Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Say also, ‘Your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, I may be able to pacify Esau with the gift I’m sending ahead. When I meet him, perhaps he will be kind to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And you will add: 'Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: "I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me." ' "

Genesis 32:20 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

Proverbs 6:35

He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

1 Kings 20:31

And his servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

1 Samuel 6:5

So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Genesis 32:19

He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him,

Genesis 32:21

So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.