Genesis 32:19
17 He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
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.”
21 So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.
- ASV
- And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;
- DARBY
- And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
- BLB
- And he commanded also the second one, also the third one, also all those going after the herds, saying, “In this manner you⁺ shall speak to Esau when you⁺ find him.
- ÅB
- Og han befalte likeledes den annen og den tredje og alle de andre som drev flokkene, og sa: Slik skal dere tale til Esau når dere møter ham,
- OTB
- Han instruerte den andre, den tredje, og alle som fulgte flokkene: “Dere skal si det samme til Esau når dere møter ham.
- B1930
- Og han bød likeledes den annen og den tredje og alle de andre som drev hjordene, og sa: Således skal I tale til Esau når I møter ham,