Genesis 32:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and behold, he is also behind us.

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  • Gen 32:4-5 : 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says this, I have lived with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.

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  • Gen 32:19-21
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    19And so he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him.

    20And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.

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

  • Gen 32:16-17
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    88%

    16And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

    17And he commanded the first, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where are you going? and whose are these ahead of you?

  • Gen 32:3-6
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    81%

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

    4And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob says this, I have lived with Laban, and stayed there until now:

    5And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.

    6And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 32:8-9
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    76%

    8And said, If Esau comes to one group and attacks it, then the other group which is left shall escape.

    9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:

  • Gen 33:12-15
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    76%

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

    13And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

    14Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that go before me and the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord in Seir.

    15And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

  • Gen 30:29
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    29He said to him, "You know how I have served you and how your cattle have been with me."

  • Gen 33:5
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    5And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.

  • Gen 33:1
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    1And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau came with four hundred men. So he divided the children to Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

  • Deut 2:4
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    4And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you; take good heed to yourselves therefore.

  • Gen 32:13
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    13And he lodged there that same night; and took of what came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

  • Gen 30:31
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    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 50:18
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    18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants.

  • Gen 33:10
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    10And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present from my hand; for therefore I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

  • Gen 27:37
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    37And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with grain and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now for you, my son?

  • Gen 31:3
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    3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

  • Gen 27:6
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    6And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,