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20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him[a] with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterwards I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 32:20 Hebrew appease his face
  2. Genesis 32:20 Hebrew he will lift my face

27 And now let this (A)present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

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(A)A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
    wherever he turns he prospers.

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