Verse 8

And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What meanest thou by all this drove{H4264} which I met{H6298}{(H8804)}? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, These are to find{H4672}{(H8800)} grace{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of my lord{H113}.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 32:5 : 5 And I have oxen{H7794}, and asses{H2543}, flocks{H6629}, and menservants{H5650}, and womenservants{H8198}: and I have sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to tell{H5046}{(H8687)} my lord{H113}, that I may find{H4672}{(H8800)} grace{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}.
• Gen 32:13-20 : 13 And he lodged{H3885}{(H8799)} there that same night{H3915}; and took{H3947}{(H8799)} of that which came{H935}{(H8802)} to his hand{H3027} a present{H4503} for Esau{H6215} his brother{H251}; 14 Two hundred{H3967} she goats{H5795}, and twenty{H6242} he goats{H8495}, two hundred{H3967} ewes{H7353}, and twenty{H6242} rams{H352}, 15 Thirty{H7970} milch{H3243}{(H8688)} camels{H1581} with their colts{H1121}, forty{H705} kine{H6510}, and ten{H6235} bulls{H6499}, twenty{H6242} she asses{H860}, and ten{H6235} foals{H5895}. 16 And he delivered{H5414}{(H8799)} them into the hand{H3027} of his servants{H5650}, every drove{H5739} by themselves; and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his servants{H5650}, Pass over{H5674}{(H8798)} before me{H6440}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} a space{H7305} betwixt{H996} drove{H5739} and{H996} drove{H5739}. 17 And he commanded{H6680}{(H8762)} the foremost{H7223}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When Esau{H6215} my brother{H251} meeteth thee{H6298}{(H8799)}, and asketh thee{H7592}{(H8804)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Whose art thou? and whither goest{H3212}{(H8799)} thou? and whose are these before{H6440} thee? 18 Then thou shalt say{H559}{(H8804)}, They be thy servant{H5650} Jacob's{H3290}; it is a present{H4503} sent{H7971}{(H8803)} unto my lord{H113} Esau{H6215}: and, behold, also he is behind us{H310}. 19 And so{H1571} commanded he{H6680}{(H8762)} the second{H8145}, and the third{H7992}, and all that followed{H1980}{(H8802)}{H310} the droves{H5739}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, On this manner{H1697} shall ye speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto Esau{H6215}, when ye find{H4672}{(H8800)} him. 20 And say ye{H559}{(H8804)} moreover{H1571}, Behold, thy servant{H5650} Jacob{H3290} is behind us{H310}. For he said{H559}{(H8804)}, I will appease{H3722}{(H8762)} him{H6440} with the present{H4503} that goeth{H1980}{(H8802)} before me{H6440}, and afterward{H310} I will see{H7200}{(H8799)} his face{H6440}; peradventure he will accept{H5375}{(H8799)} of me{H6440}.
• Gen 39:5 : 5 And it came to pass from the time{H227} that he had made him overseer{H6485}{(H8689)} in his house{H1004}, and over all that he had{H3426}, that the LORD{H3068} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} the Egyptian's{H4713} house{H1004} for Joseph's{H3130} sake{H1558}; and the blessing{H1293} of the LORD{H3068} was upon all that he had{H3426} in the house{H1004}, and in the field{H7704}.
• Esth 2:17 : 17 And the king{H4428} loved{H157}{(H8799)} Esther{H635} above all the women{H802}, and she obtained{H5375}{(H8799)} grace{H2580} and favour{H2617} in his sight{H6440} more than all the virgins{H1330}; so that he set{H7760}{(H8799)} the royal{H4438} crown{H3804} upon her head{H7218}, and made her queen{H4427}{(H8686)} instead of Vashti{H2060}.