Genesis 32:18-20

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¹⁸ Then you will answer, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He sent them as a ·gift [or tribute] to you, my ·master [lord] Esau, and he also is coming behind us.’ ”

¹⁹ Jacob ordered the second servant, the third servant, and all the ·other servants [^Lothers who followed the droves of animals] to do the same thing. He said, “Say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. ²⁰ Say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” Jacob thought, “If I send ·these gifts [or this tribute] ahead of me, maybe ·Esau will forgive me [^LI will appease/propitiate him]. Then when I see ·him [^Lhis face], perhaps he will accept me.”