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Genesis 32:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. "

Genesis 32:21

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19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

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.

21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

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.

23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

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"Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people."

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Judges 19:10

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"And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there."

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"But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them."

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Genesis 24:54

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"And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master."

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Genesis 28:11

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"And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep."

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Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY) and Bible Guided Semantic Search

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Genesis 32:1

"And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him."

Genesis 32:2

"And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim."

Genesis 32:3

"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom."

Genesis 32:4

"And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:"

Genesis 32:5

"And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight."

Genesis 32:6

"And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him."

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