19 So likewise commanded he the second and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, After this manner, ye shall speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

20 And ye shall say moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob cometh after us. (for he thought, I [a]will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face: it may be that he will [b]accept me.)

21 So went the present before him: but he tarried that night with the company.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:20 He thought it no loss to depart with these goods, to the intent he might follow the vocation whereunto God called him.
  2. Genesis 32:20 Hebrew, receive my face.

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