1 Samuel 16:20

New International Version

So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them with his son David to Saul.

Cross References

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some scoundrels said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

1 Samuel 10:4

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

1 Samuel 16:19

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

1 Samuel 17:18

Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.

1 Samuel 25:18

Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.