Genesis 32:13

New Century Version

Jacob stayed there for the night and prepared a gift for Esau from what he had with him:

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.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift will calm an angry person; a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.

Proverbs 19:6

Many people want to please a leader, and everyone is friends with those who give gifts.

Proverbs 17:8

Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, the brothers gave him the gift they had brought into the house and bowed down to the ground in front of him.

1 Samuel 25:27

I have brought a gift to you for the men who follow you.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your servants, and they will tell you. We come at a happy time, so be kind to my young men. Please give anything you can find for them and for your son David.’ ”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over Egypt. He was the one who sold the grain to people who came to buy it. So Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him.

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No! Please! If I have pleased you, then accept the gift I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God, because you have accepted me.

Genesis 18:2

He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When Abraham saw them, he ran from his tent to meet them. He bowed facedown on the ground before them

Genesis 32:14

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred female sheep and twenty male sheep,

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, “I saw many herds as I was coming here. Why did you bring them?” Jacob answered, “They were to please you, my master.”

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as many as the dust of the earth. If anyone could count the dust on the earth, he could count your people.

Genesis 15:5

Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count.”

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.

Nehemiah 4:13

So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall—the open places—and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows.