Gen 32:13-20, 43:11-14, 2Sa 17:28-29, Pro 18:16, 21:14 | ESV | STEP | So he stayed there that night , and from what he had with him he took a present for his brother Esau ,

Genesis 32:13-20

13 So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took ^aa present for his brother Esau, 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. 16 These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.” 17 He instructed the first, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’ 18 then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’” 19 He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, 20 and 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}

Genesis 43:11-14

11 Then 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 ^dbalm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds. 12 Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money ^ethat was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. 13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man. 14 May ^fGod Almighty ^{▼▼Hebrew El Shaddai} ^hgrant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, ⁱif I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

2 Samuel 17:28-29

28 brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils, ^{▼▼Hebrew adds and parched grain} 29 honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and ^kweary and thirsty ^lin the wilderness.”

Proverbs 18:16

16 A man’s ^mgift makes room for him
and brings him before the great.

Proverbs 21:14

14 ⁿA gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe in the bosom} strong wrath.