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Genesis 32:18-20
New International Version
Genesis 32:18-20
New International Version
18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant(A) Jacob. They are a gift(B) sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’”
19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. 20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(C) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(D) I am sending on ahead;(E) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(F)
Genesis 32:18-20
King James Version
Genesis 32:18-20
King James Version
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
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.
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