Genesis 32:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'

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  • Gen 32:20 : 20 and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'
  • Gen 33:8-9 : 8 And he saith, `What to thee `is' all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.' 9 And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.'
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
  • Isa 28:26 : 26 And instruct him for judgment doth his God, He doth direct him.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 `Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

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    17And he commandeth the first, saying, `When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and hath asked thee, saying, Whose `art' thou? and whither goest thou? and whose `are' these before thee?

    18then thou hast said, Thy servant Jacob's: it `is' a present sent to my lord, to Esau; and lo, he also `is' behind us.'

    19And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, `According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

    20and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

    21and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

    22And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;

    23and he taketh them, and causeth them to pass over the brook, and he causeth that which he hath to pass over.

  • Gen 32:13-15
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    13And he lodgeth there during that night, and taketh from that which is coming into his hand, a present for Esau his brother:

    14she-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,

    15suckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;

  • Gen 33:12-15
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    12and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.'

    13And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children `are' tender, and the suckling flock and the herd `are' with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.

    14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which `is' before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'

    15And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who `are' with me;' and he said, `Why `is' this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

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    35and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that `hath' white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons,

    36and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.

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    40And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.

  • Gen 32:7-8
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    7and Jacob feareth exceedingly, and is distressed, and he divideth the people who `are' with him, and the flock, and the herd, and the camels, into two camps,

    8and saith, `If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it -- then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'

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    8And he saith, `What to thee `is' all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

  • Gen 32:3-5
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    3And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

    4and commandeth them, saying, `Thus do ye say to my lord, to Esau: Thus said thy servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and I tarry until now;

    5and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'

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    31And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

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    42and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set `them'; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.

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    1And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

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    23and to his father he hath sent thus: ten asses bearing of the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses bearing corn and bread, even food for his father for the way.

    24And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.'

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    17And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels,

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    9and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

  • Num 32:27
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    27and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.'

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    7for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

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    35and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;

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    17and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,