Verse 21
Genesis 32:21
Bible in Basic English
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So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם גַּ֗ם הִנֵּ֛ה עַבְדְּ/ךָ֥ יַעֲקֹ֖ב אַחֲרֵ֑י/נוּ כִּֽי אָמַ֞ר אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה פָנָ֗י/ו בַּ/מִּנְחָה֙ הַ/הֹלֶ֣כֶת לְ/פָנָ֔/י וְ/אַחֲרֵי כֵן֙ אֶרְאֶ֣ה פָנָ֔י/ו אוּלַ֖י יִשָּׂ֥א פָנָֽ/י
English Translation
And you shall say, "Indeed, here is your servant Jacob following us, for he said, 'I will appease his face with the gift that goes ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will lift my face.'"
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Chapter 32 Context
1
And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God (Elohim).
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And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God (Elohim): so he gave that place the name of Ma...
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Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
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And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been li...
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And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my...
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When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, a...
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Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the h...
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And said, If Esau, meeting one group, makes an attack on them, the others will get away safely.
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Then Jacob said, O God (Elohim) of my father Abraham, the God (Elohim) of my father Isaac, the Lord...
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I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for wi...
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Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, p...
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12
And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may no...
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13
Then he put up his tent there for the night; and from among his goods he took, as an offering for hi...
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Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
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Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
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These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, a...
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And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant a...
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Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he...
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And he gave the same orders to the second and the third and to all those who were with the herds, sa...
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And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will...
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So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the...
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And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his elev...
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23
He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
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24
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
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But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part o...
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And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till...
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Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
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And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God (Elohim) and...
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Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing...
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And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God (Elohim) face to face, and sti...
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31
And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his d...
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32
For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg...
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