Genesis 32:13

New International Version

He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

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.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

Proverbs 19:6

Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.

Genesis 43:26

When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:27

And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.’ ”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 33:10

“No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.

Genesis 18:2

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 32:14

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

Genesis 33:8

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.

Genesis 15:5

He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Genesis 22:17

I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.