Genesis 32:16

American Standard Version (1901)

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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  • Gen 32:20 : 20 and ye shall say, 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 me.
  • Gen 33:8-9 : 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
  • Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God doth instruct him aright, [and] doth teach him.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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  • Gen 32:17-23
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    82%

    17And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

    18then thou shalt say, [They are] thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

    19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

    20and ye shall say, 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 me.

    21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

    22And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.

    23And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.

  • Gen 32:13-15
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    80%

    13And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:

    14two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

    15thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

  • Gen 33:12-15
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    78%

    12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

    13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

    14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 30:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;

    36and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

  • Gen 30:40
    74%

    40And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

  • Gen 32:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

    8and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.

  • Gen 33:8
    74%

    8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 32:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

    4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

    5and I have oxen, and asses, [and] flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

  • Gen 30:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.

    32I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.

  • Gen 30:42
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    42but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

  • Gen 33:1-2
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    72%

    1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

    2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

  • Gen 45:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

    24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

  • Gen 31:17
    72%

    17Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;

  • Gen 31:9
    72%

    9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

  • Num 32:27
    71%

    27but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.

  • Gen 36:7
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    7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.

  • Gen 24:35
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    35And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.

  • Gen 45:17
    71%

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;