²⁰ and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

²⁵ So they prepared ^(A)the present ^[a]for Joseph’s coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat ^[b]a meal there.

²⁶ When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and ^(B)bowed to the ground before him.