So Jacob's gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp. Cross References Genesis 32:20 You are also to say, 'Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.'" For he thought, "I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me." Genesis 32:22 During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. Treasury of Scripture So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. |