Genesis 32:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And deliuered them into the handes of his seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto his seruauntes: go foorth before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.

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  • Gen 32:20 : 20 And say moreouer: beholde, thy seruaunt Iacob also commeth after vs: for he sayde, I wyll appeace his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him my selfe, peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace.
  • Gen 33:8-9 : 8 And he sayde: what is all the droue whiche I met? He aunswered: that I may finde grace in the sight of my lorde. 9 And Esau saide: I haue inough my brother, kepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man is mercyfull and lendeth: he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion.
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,
  • Isa 28:26 : 26 God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion, euen his God wyll teache hym.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.

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  • Gen 32:17-23
    7 verses
    82%

    17And he commaunded the formost, saying: If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, whose art thou? and whyther goest thou? and whose are these that go before thee?

    18Thou shalt say, they be thy seruaunt Iacobs, and it is a present sent vnto my Lorde Esau, and beholde, he him selfe commeth after vs.

    19And so commaunded he the seconde, and the thirde, and all that folowed the droues, saying: on this maner see that you speake vnto Esau when ye meete hym.

    20And say moreouer: beholde, thy seruaunt Iacob also commeth after vs: for he sayde, I wyll appeace his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him my selfe, peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace.

    21So went the present before hym: and he taryed al that night in the company.

    22And he rose vp the same nyght, and toke his two wyues, & his two maydeseruauntes, and his eleuen sonnes, and went ouer the forde Iaboc.

    23And he toke them, and sent them ouer the ryuer, and sent ouer that he had.

  • Gen 32:13-15
    3 verses
    80%

    13And he taryed there that same nyght, and toke of that whiche came to hande, a present for Esau his brother:

    14Two hundred shee gotes, and twentie hee gotes, two hundred sheepe, & twentie rammes,

    15Thirtie milche camelles with theyr coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bulles, twentie shee asses, and ten foales:

  • Gen 33:12-15
    4 verses
    78%

    12And he saide: let vs take our iourney, and go, I wyll go before thee.

    13Iacob aunswered him: my lord, thou knowest that the chyldren are tender, and the small and great cattell with young vnder my handes, which if men should ouerdryue but euen one day, all the flocke wyll dye.

    14Oh let my Lorde go before his seruaunt, and I wyll dryue fayre and softly, according as the cattell that goeth before me, and the chyldren be able to endure, vntill I come vnto my Lord vnto Seir.

    15And Esau sayd: I will leaue some of my folke with thee. And he aunswered: what needeth it? I shall finde grace in the sight of my Lorde.

  • Gen 30:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35Therfore he toke out the same day the hee goates that were ryngstraked and of diuers colours, & all the shee goates that were spotted and coloured, and all that had whyte in them, & all the blacke amongst the sheepe, and put them in the kepyng of his sonnes.

    36And set three dayes iourney betwixte himselfe and Iacob: and so Iacob kept the rest of Labans sheepe.

  • Gen 30:40
    74%

    40And Iacob did seperate these lambes, and turned the faces of the sheepe whiche were in the flocke of Laban, towarde these ryngstraked, and al maner of blacke: and so put his owne flockes by them selues, and put them not with Labans cattell.

  • Gen 32:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7But Iacob was greatly afrayde, and wist not whiche way to turne him selfe: and deuided the people that was with him, and the sheepe, and oxen, and camelles, into two companies:

    8And sayd, if Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other shall saue it selfe.

  • Gen 33:8
    74%

    8And he sayde: what is all the droue whiche I met? He aunswered: that I may finde grace in the sight of my lorde.

  • Gen 32:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3And Iacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the lande of Seir, the fielde of Edom:

    4And he commaunded them, saying: Thus shall ye speake to my Lorde Esau, thy seruaunt Iacob sayeth thus: I haue ben a straunger with Laban, and haue stayed there vnto this time.

    5And haue oxen, asses, and sheepe, menseruauntes, and womenseruauntes: and haue sent to shewe it my Lord, that I may finde grace in thy sight.

  • Gen 30:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31And he sayde: What shall I then geue thee? And Iacob aunswered, Thou shalt geue me nothyng at all: yf thou wylt do this thyng for me, then wyll I turne agayne, feede thy sheepe, and kepe them.

    32I wyll go about all thy flockes this day, and seperate from them all the cattell that are spotted & of diuers colours: and all the blacke among the sheepe, & the partie & spotted amongst the kiddes the same shalbe my rewarde.

  • Gen 30:42
    73%

    42But when the cattell were feeble, he put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iacobs.

  • Gen 33:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Iacob lyftyng vp his eyes, looked, and beholde Esau came, hauyng with hym foure hundred men: and he deuided the childre vnto Lea, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaydens.

    2And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.

  • Gen 45:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And vnto his father he sent after the same maner ten asses laden with good out of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corne, & bread, and meate, for his father by the way.

    24So sent he his brethren away, and they departed: and he sayd vnto them, see that ye fall to no stryfe on the way.

  • Gen 31:17
    72%

    17Then Iacob rose vp, & set his sonnes and wyues vp vpon camelles:

  • Gen 31:9
    72%

    9Thus hath God taken away the increase of your fathers flocke, and geuen it to me.

  • Num 32:27
    71%

    27But thy seruauntes wyll go all harnessed for the warre, and vnto battayle before the Lorde, as my Lorde sayth.

  • Gen 36:7
    71%

    7For theyr ryches was much, and they coulde not dwell together: and the land wherein they were straungers coulde not receaue them, because of theyr possessions.

  • Gen 24:35
    71%

    35And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses.

  • Gen 45:17
    71%

    17And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph: say vnto thy brethren, this do ye: lade your beastes, and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan: