Genesis 32:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And you will add: 'Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: "I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me." ' "

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And say, Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Say also, ‘Your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, I may be able to pacify Esau with the gift I’m sending ahead. When I meet him, perhaps he will be kind to me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us. For he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him. Perhaps he will be gracious to me.

English Standard Version 2016

²⁰ 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.”

Genesis 32:20 交叉引用

Genesis 32:19

Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: "Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.

Genesis 32:21

And so the gifts went before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Genesis 43:11

Therefore, their father Israel said to them: "If it is necessary to do so, then do what you will. Take, in your vessels, from the best fruits of the land, and carry down gifts to the man: a little resin, and honey, and storax ointment, oil of myrrh, turpentine, and almonds.

1 Kings 20:31

And his servants said to him: "Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel show clemency. And so, let us put sackcloth around our waists, and ropes on our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will save our lives."

Proverbs 15:18

A short-tempered man provokes conflicts. Whoever is patient tempers those who are stirred up.

Proverbs 16:14

The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Proverbs 21:14

A surprise gift extinguishes anger. And a gift concealed in the bosom extinguishes the greatest indignation.

Proverbs 6:35

nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?"

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth,

1 Samuel 6:5

"In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.