You must also say,‘ In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“ I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”

并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我藉着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”

你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”

你们还要说：‘看哪，你仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因雅各说：“我藉着在我前面送去的礼物给他面子，然后再见他的面，或许他会宽容我。”

并且一定要说：“你仆人雅各就在后面。”雅各想先用礼物去化解以扫的怨恨，或许见面时以扫会善待他。

你们还要说：‘你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为他心里想：“我先送礼物去，藉此与他和解，然后再与他见面，或者他会原谅我﹙“他会原谅我”或译：“他会接纳我”﹚。”

并强调说：‘看哪，你的仆人雅各在我们后面。’”因为雅各想：“我先藉着在我前面先送去的礼物与他和解，然后再与他见面，或许他会接纳我。”

並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」

你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」

你們還要說：『看哪，你僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因雅各說：「我藉着在我前面送去的禮物給他面子，然後再見他的面，或許他會寬容我。」

並且一定要說：「你僕人雅各就在後面。」雅各想先用禮物去化解以掃的怨恨，或許見面時以掃會善待他。

你們還要說：‘你的僕人雅各在我們後面。’”因為他心裡想：“我先送禮物去，藉此與他和解，然後再與他見面，或者他會原諒我﹙“他會原諒我”或譯：“他會接納我”﹚。”

你們也要說：「看哪，你僕人雅各還在我們後邊呢。」』因為雅各心裏說：『我用在我前面走的禮物去解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他會讓我的臉抬得起。』

並強調說：『看哪，你的僕人雅各在我們後面。』」因為雅各想：「我先藉著在我前面先送去的禮物與他和解，然後再與他見面，或許他會接納我。」

且曰、爾僕雅各在後、蓋雅各自謂、必以前行之禮物、釋兄之憾、然後覿面、庶幾接我、

必曰、爾僕雅各在後將至。蓋雅各自謂必以前行之禮物、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾接我。

亦當曰、爾僕雅各在我後、蓋雅各自謂我先饋禮物於兄、使兄復和、然後覿面、庶幾恕我、

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.”

Make sure you say,‘ Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” Jacob was thinking,“ I’ll make peace with him with these gifts I’m sending on ahead. When I see him later, maybe he’ll welcome me.”

and you shall say,‘ Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought,“ I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

And be sure to say,‘ Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought,“ I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.”

You are also to say,‘ Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought,“ I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

and you shall say,‘ Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’ ” For he said,“ I will appease him with the gift that goes ahead of me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

and also say,‘ Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said,“ I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

and ye shall say, 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 me.

You are also to say,‘ Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought,“ I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

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.

You shall say,‘ Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said,“ I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the LORD had told them; and the LORD had respect for Job.

A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.

correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.

A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Then their father Israel said to them,“ If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man– a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!”So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeysand said to her servants,“ Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.Now David had been thinking,“ In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!”When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground.Falling at his feet, she said,“ My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means‘ fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.“ Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as surely as you live, it is the LORD who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the LORD will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. May no evil be found in you all your days!When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!The LORD will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel.Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”Then David said to Abigail,“ Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives– he who has prevented me from harming you– if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her,“ Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”

His advisers said to him,“ Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives.”