Genesis 32:20

Genesis chapter 32 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Context

v.19And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

v.20This passage

v.21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 20:31
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
1 Samuel 6:5
Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,