Genesis 32:21
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.
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.
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
- So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
- KJV
- So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
- 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.
- DARBY
- And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
- BLB
- And the gift passed over before his face, and he lodged that night in the camp.
- ÅB
- Så dro de i forveien med gaven; men selv ble han i leiren den natt.
- OTB
- Så Jakobs gaver gikk foran ham, mens han ble i leiren den natten.
- B1930
- Så drog de i forveien med gaven; men selv blev han i leiren den natt.