Genesis 32:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

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  • Gen 43:11 : 11 And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;
  • Prov 18:16 : 16 A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
  • Prov 17:8 : 8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
  • Gen 43:26 : 26 And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he still living?
  • 1 Sam 25:8 : 8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.
  • 1 Sam 25:27 : 27 And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.
  • Gen 18:2 : 2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;
  • Gen 32:20-21 : 20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes. 21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
  • Gen 33:10 : 10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 32:16-23
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    16 These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.

    17 And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

    18 Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

    19 And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you see him;

    20 And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

    21 So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

    22 And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

    23 He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.

  • 14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,

  • Gen 33:8-11
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    8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.

    9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.

    10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

    11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

  • Gen 32:3-4
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    3 Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

    4 And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

  • 11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

  • Gen 32:7-8
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    7 Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;

    8 And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.

  • Gen 32:11-12
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    11 Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

    12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

  • 17 And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.

  • 18 And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  • 3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.

  • Gen 30:30-31
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    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

    31 And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

  • 15 And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:

  • 54 And Jacob made an offering on the mountain, and gave orders to his people to take food: so they had a meal and took their rest that night on the mountain.

  • 5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.

  • Gen 24:53-54
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    53 Then he took jewels of silver and jewels of gold and fair robes and gave them to Rebekah: and he gave things of value to her mother and her brother.

    54 Then he and the men who were with him had food and drink, and took their rest there that night; and in the morning he got up, and said, Let me now go back to my master.

  • Gen 33:15-16
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    15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

    16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.

  • 15 And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make ready a meal, for they will take food with me in the middle of the day.

  • 1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

  • 35 And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.

  • 30 And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.

  • 6 Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters, and all the people of his house, and his beasts and his cattle and all his goods which he had got together in the land of Canaan, and went into the land of Seir, away from his brother Jacob.