Genesis 32:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 32:22-24
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    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.

    24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

  • Gen 32:13-14
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    13 Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for his brother Esau,

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

  • Gen 32:16-20
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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.

  • Gen 31:20-21
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    20 And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

    21 So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

  • 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.

  • 25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 31:17-18
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    17 Then Jacob put his wives and his sons on camels;

    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.

  • Gen 32:1-4
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    1 And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.

    2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • 2 And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

  • 23 And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • 1 Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.

  • Gen 31:54-55
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    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.

    55 And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

  • 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

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

  • 22 And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

  • 6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

  • 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

  • 5 And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me