Gen 32:20, 33:11, Pro 18:16 | ESV | STEP | and you shall say , Moreover , your servant Jacob is behind us . For he thought , I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me , and afterward I shall see his face . Perhaps he will accept me .

e[Gen. 32:20; 1 Sam. 25:27]; See ch. 17:8

Genesis 32:20

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 33:11

11 Please accept my ^cblessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he ^durged him, and he took it.

Proverbs 18:16

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