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Genesis 33:11
New English Translation
Genesis 33:11
New English Translation
11 Please take my present[a] that was brought to you, for God has been generous[b] to me and I have all I need.”[c] When Jacob urged him, he took it.[d]
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- Genesis 33:11 tn Heb “blessing.” It is as if Jacob is trying to repay what he stole from his brother twenty years earlier.
- Genesis 33:11 tn Or “gracious,” but in the specific sense of prosperity.
- Genesis 33:11 tn Heb “all.”
- Genesis 33:11 tn Heb “and he urged him and he took.” The referent of the first pronoun in the sequence (“he”) has been specified as “Jacob” in the translation for clarity.
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