Genesis 32:5

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I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

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  • Gen 33:8 : 8 Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
  • Gen 33:15 : 15 So Esau said,“Let me leave some of my men with you.”“Why do that?” Jacob replied.“My lord has already been kind enough to me.”
  • Gen 47:25 : 25 They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
  • Ruth 2:2 : 2 One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,“Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so.” Naomi replied,“You may go, my daughter.”
  • 1 Sam 1:18 : 18 She said,“May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
  • 2 Sam 16:4 : 4 The king said to Ziba,“Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied,“I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”
  • Job 6:22 : 22 Friends’ Fears“Have I ever said,‘Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor’?
  • Gen 33:11 : 11 Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.
  • Gen 30:43-31:1 : 43 In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys. 1 Jacob’s Flight from Laban Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were complaining,“Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father’s expense!”
  • Gen 31:16 : 16 Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

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  • Gen 32:3-4
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    3Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

    4He commanded them,“This is what you must say to my lord Esau:‘This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

  • Gen 33:13-15
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    13But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

    14Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

    15So Esau said,“Let me leave some of my men with you.”“Why do that?” Jacob replied.“My lord has already been kind enough to me.”

  • Gen 32:6
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    6The messengers returned to Jacob and said,“We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”

  • Gen 32:14-20
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    14two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

    15thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

    16He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants,“Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

    17He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’

    18then you must say,‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”

    19He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

    20You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

  • Gen 24:35
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    35“The LORD has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

  • Gen 30:26-31
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    26Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I’ll depart, because you know how hard I’ve worked for you.”

    27But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”

    28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”

    29“You know how I have worked for you,” Jacob replied,“and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

    30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”

    31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

  • Gen 33:5
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    5When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked,“Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied,“The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

  • Gen 30:43
    74%

    43In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

  • Gen 33:10-11
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    10“No, please take them,” Jacob said.“If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

    11Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.

  • Gen 12:16
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    16and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

  • Gen 31:12
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    12Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.

  • Gen 33:1
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    1Jacob Meets Esau Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

  • Gen 31:42
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    42If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”

  • Gen 27:37
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    37Isaac replied to Esau,“Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

  • Gen 31:4-5
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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

    5There he said to them,“I can tell that your father’s attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Gen 32:10
    70%

    10I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.