Likewise he commanded the second and the third and all that followed the droves, saying, “This is what you are to say to Esau when you find him.
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is also behind us.’ ”
Moreover, say, ‘Your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will appease him with the gift that goes before me, and then I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
And she said to her servants, “Go on before me. Behold, I will be coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.