and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
Proverbs 19:6 - English Standard Version 2016 Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. American Standard Version (1901) Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. Common English Bible Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver. Catholic Public Domain Version Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts. |
and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.