21So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.


In Context

18 then you are to say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.' "

19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: "You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

20 And be sure to say, 'Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.' " For he thought, "I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me."

21 So Jacob's gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.

22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.

Genesis 32:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:21So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:21And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:21So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:21So the present went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the company.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:21So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:21and the present passeth over before his face, and he hath lodged during that night in the camp.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:21So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.