1 Samuel 16:20

New Century Version

So Jesse loaded a donkey with bread, a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat, and he sent them with his son David to Saul.

Cross References

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Jacob said to them, “If it has to be that way, then do this: Take some of the best foods in our land in your packs. Give them to the man as a gift: some balm, some honey, spices, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Proverbs 18:16

Taking gifts to important people will help get you in to see them.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some troublemakers said, “How can this man save us?” They disapproved of Saul and refused to bring gifts to him. But Saul kept quiet.

1 Samuel 10:4

They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you must accept.

1 Samuel 16:19

Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

1 Samuel 17:18

Also take ten pieces of cheese to the commander and to your brothers. See how your brothers are and bring back some proof to show me that they are all right.

1 Samuel 25:18

Abigail hurried. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two leather bags full of wine, five cooked sheep, a bushel of cooked grain, a hundred cakes of raisins, and two hundred cakes of pressed figs and put all these on donkeys.