Gen 32:20, 43:15, Pro 17:8, 18:16, 21:14, Rom 6:23 | 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 .

c ver. 23; ch. 18:16; 19:6; 21:14; [Ex. 23:8; Isa. 1:23; Amos 5:12]

d[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 43:15

15 So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Proverbs 17:8

8 ^cA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

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

Proverbs 21:14

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

Romans 6:23

23 ^gFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.