gSee ch. 9:2-13
Genesis 33:9-11
9But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” 10Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. aFor I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. 11Please accept my bblessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he curged him, and he took it.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 dbalm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.1 Samuel 25:35
35Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, e“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”2 Samuel 16:1-4
David and Ziba
1When David had passed a little beyond fthe summit, gZiba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, ha hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, i“The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who jfaint in the wilderness to drink.” 3And the king said, “And where is your master’s son?” kZiba said to the king, “Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.’” 4Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” And Ziba said, “I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”Micah 7:3
3 lTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;mthe prince and nthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
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