Genesis 32:13

Modern English Version

So he spent the night there. Then he selected from what he had with him a gift for his brother Esau:

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be numbered.

Genesis 15:5

He brought him outside and said, “Look up toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So will your descendants be.”

Genesis 18:2

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself toward the ground.

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you and I will indeed multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens and as the sand that is on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No, I pray you, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my gift from my hand. For I have seen your face, and it is as though I have seen the face of God, with you having received me favorably.

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor over the land, and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. So Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:11

Their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, do this. Take some of the best fruits in the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man: a little balm and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed themselves to him to the ground.

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore I set guards at the lowest positions behind the wall, in open places. I also stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

Proverbs 17:8

A gift is like a charm in the eyes of him who has it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

The gift of a man opens the way for him, and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 19:6

Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is the friend to a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe under cover, strong wrath.

1 Samuel 25:27

Now let this blessing which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a good day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants, and to your son David.’ ”