Parallel GEN 32:20

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BSB You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau [fn] with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.[fn]”

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OEB and to say, ‘Jacob himself is just behind us.’ For he said to himself, ‘I will please him with the present that goes before me, and then, when I meet him, perhaps he will welcome me.’

WEB You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

NET You must also say, ‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

LSV and you have also said, Behold, your servant Jacob [is] behind us”; for he said, “I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterward I see his face; it may be he lifts up my face”;

FBV You must also tell him, ‘Your servant Jacob is right behind us.’”
¶ Jacob said to himself, “Maybe by sending these gifts on ahead Esau won't be angry with me and when I meet him he'll be kind to me.”

T4T And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to ◄act peacefully toward/stop being angry with► me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”

LEB And moreover, you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he thought, “Let me appease him[fn] with the gift going before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he willshow me favor.”[fn]

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BBE And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

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JPS (32-21) and ye shall say: 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 me.'

ASV and ye shall say, 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 me.

DRA And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us: for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

YLT and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;' for he said, 'I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

DBY And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

RV and ye shall say, 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 me.

WBS 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.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (And say ye/you_all moreover, Behold, thy/your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth/goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.)

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BB And say moreouer: beholde, thy seruaunt Iacob also commeth after vs: for he sayde, I wyll appeace his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him my selfe, peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace.
  (And say moreouer: behold, thy/your servant Yacob also cometh/comes after us: for he said, I will appeace his wrath with the present that goeth/goes before me, and afterward I will see him my self, peraduenture he will receive me to grace.)

GNV And ye shall say moreouer, Beholde, thy seruant Iaakob commeth after vs (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterwarde I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.)
  (And ye/you_all shall say moreouer, Behold, thy/your servant Yacob cometh/comes after us (for he thought, I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth/goes before me, and afterward I will see his face: it may be that he will accept me.) )

CB and saye vnto him also: Beholde, yi seruaut Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought: I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me, after warde wyll I se him my self, peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace.
  (and say unto him also: Behold, yi servant Yacob is behind us. For he thought: I will reconcyle him with the present that goeth/goes before me, after warde will I see him my self, peraduenture he shall receive me to grace.)

WYC whanne ye fynden hym, and ye schulen adde, Also Jacob hym silf thi seruaunt sueth oure weie. For Jacob seide, Y schal plese Esau with yiftis that goon bifore, and aftirward Y schal se hym; in hap he schal be mercyful to me.
  (whanne ye/you_all fynden him, and ye/you_all should adde, Also Yacob himself thy/your servant sueth our way. For Yacob said, I shall please Esau with yiftis that gone before, and afterward I shall see him; in hap he shall be mercyful to me.)

LUT Also gebot er auch dem andern und dem dritten und allen, die den Herden nachgingen, und sprach: Wie ich euch gesagt habe, so saget zu Esau, wenn ihr ihm begegnet,
  (So gebot he also to_him change and to_him dritten and allen, the the Herden nachgingen, and spoke: How I you gesagt have, so saget to Esau, when her him begegnet,)

CLV Et addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Jacob iter nostrum insequitur. Dixit enim: Placabo illum muneribus quæ præcedunt, et postea videbo illum: forsitan propitiabitur mihi.[fn]
  (And addetis: Ipse quoque servus tuus Yacob iter nostrum insequitur. Dixit because: Placabo him muneribus which præcedunt, and postea videbo illum: forsitan propitiabitur mihi.)

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BRN And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;

BrLXX Καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ πρώτῳ, καὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ, καὶ τῷ τρίτῳ, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς προπορευομένοις ὀπίσω τῶν ποιμνίων τούτων, λέγων, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο λαλήσατε Ἡσαῦ ἐν τῷ εὑρεῖν ὑμᾶς αὐτόν·
  (Kai eneteilato tōi prōtōi, kai tōi deuterōi, kai tōi tritōi, kai pasi tois proporeuomenois opisō tōn poimniōn toutōn, legōn, kata to ɽaʸma touto lalaʸsate Haʸsau en tōi heurein humas auton; )