Genesis 32:20
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
Note Or I will appease his face
Note Literally perhaps he will lift up my face
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Note of me: Heb. my face
You shall say, ‘Not only that, but 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.”
and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I will appease
- Genesis 43:11; 1 Samuel 25:17–35; Job 42:8, 9; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:14; Proverbs 21:14
- peradventure
- 1 Samuel 6:5; 1 Kings 20:31; Jonah 3:9; 2 Timothy 2:25
- of me
- Heb. my face.
- Job 42:8, 9; Proverbs 6:35