Genesis 18:2
2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. aWhen he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earthGenesis 32:20-21
20and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him ▼▼Hebrew appease his face
with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.” ▼▼Hebrew he will lift my face
21So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. Genesis 33:10
10Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. dFor I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.Genesis 42:6
6Now Joseph was governor eover the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and fbowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.Genesis 43:11
11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little gbalm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.Genesis 43:26
26When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and hbowed down to him to the ground.1 Samuel 25:27
27And now let this ipresent that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.Proverbs 17:8
8 jA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;wherever he turns he prospers.
Proverbs 18:16
16A man’s kgift makes room for himand brings him before the great.
Proverbs 19:6
6Many seek the favor of a generous man, ▼▼Or of a noble
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives mgifts.
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