Genesis 32:13

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Genesis 32:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

12 But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

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

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

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1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

Genesis 32:20

You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 32:21

So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

Genesis 18:2

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

Genesis 33:10

But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:11

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

Genesis 43:26

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

1 Samuel 25:27

Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.