Genesis 32:21
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
Genesis 32:21 in other translations
| BSB | So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp. |
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| WEB | So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. |
| ASV | So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company. |
| YLT | and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp. |
| DARBY | And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp. |
| BBE | So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people. |
| Webster | So the present went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the company. |
What does Genesis 32:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 32:13-23
13-23. took ... a present for Esau--Jacob combined active exertions with earnest prayer; and this teaches us that we must not depend upon the aid and interposition of God in such a way as to supersede the exercise of prudence and foresight. Superiors are always approached with presents, and the respect expressed is estimated by the quality and amount of the gift. The present of Jacob consisted of five hundred fifty…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 32:9-23
Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a better pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; a plain…
Genesis 32:21 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
- Genesis 32:21
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
- Genesis 32:22
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 32:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y pasó el presente delante de él; y él durmió aquella noche en el campamento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et vous direz aussi: Voici, ton serviteur Jacob vient après nous. Car il disait: Je l’apaiserai par le présent qui va devant moi, et après cela je verrai sa face; peut-être qu’il m’accueillera favorablement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Geschenk zog vor ihm her, und er übernachtete in jener Nacht im Lager. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Præcesserunt itaque munera ante eum, ipse vero mansit nocte illa in castris. |