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Genesis 32:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
Genesis 32:20-22
1599 Geneva Bible
20 And ye shall say moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob cometh after us. (for he thought, I [a]will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face: it may be that he will [b]accept me.)
21 So went the present before him: but he tarried that night with the company.
22 And he rose up the same night, and took his two wives, and his two maids, and his eleven children, and went over the ford Jabbok.
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- Genesis 32:20 He thought it no loss to depart with these goods, to the intent he might follow the vocation whereunto God called him.
- Genesis 32:20 Hebrew, receive my face.
Genesis 32:20-22
New International Version
Genesis 32:20-22
New International Version
20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(A) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(B) I am sending on ahead;(C) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(D) 21 So Jacob’s gifts(E) went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
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22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons(F) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.(G)
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