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Genesis 32:20
English Standard Version
Genesis 32:20
English Standard Version
20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him[a] with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”[b]
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- Genesis 32:20 Hebrew appease his face
- Genesis 32:20 Hebrew he will lift my face
Genesis 32:20
New International Version
Genesis 32:20
New International Version
20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(A) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(B) I am sending on ahead;(C) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(D)
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