Esau then asked,“ What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“ To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

以扫说：“我所遇见的这些群畜是什么意思呢？”雅各说：“是要在我主面前蒙恩的。”

以扫说：“我所遇见的这些畜群是什么意思呢？”雅各说：“是为了要在我主眼前蒙恩。”

以扫说：“我所遇见的这些畜群是什么意思呢？”雅各说：“是为了要在我主眼前蒙恩。”

以扫说：“我在路上遇见的那一群群牲畜是怎么回事？”雅各回答说：“我带来这些是要得到我主的恩待。”

以扫又问：“我遇见的这一群牲畜，是什么意思呢？”雅各回答：“是要讨我主喜悦的。”

以扫说：“我所遇见的这一整队，是什么意思呢？”雅各说：“是为了在我主眼前蒙恩。”

以掃說：「我所遇見的這些羣畜是甚麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是要在我主面前蒙恩的。」

以掃說：「我所遇見的這些畜羣是甚麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是為了要在我主眼前蒙恩。」

以掃說：「我所遇見的這些畜羣是甚麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是為了要在我主眼前蒙恩。」

以掃說：「我在路上遇見的那一群群牲畜是怎麼回事？」雅各回答說：「我帶來這些是要得到我主的恩待。」

以掃又問：“我遇見的這一群牲畜，是甚麼意思呢？”雅各回答：“是要討我主喜悅的。”

以掃說：『我所遇見的這一整隊的牲畜，是甚麼意思啊？』雅各說：『是要求我主賞臉的。』

以掃說：「我所遇見的這一整隊，是什麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是為了在我主眼前蒙恩。」

以掃曰、我所遇之羣畜何意、曰、望沾恩於主、

以掃曰、適見群畜、不知何意。曰、望沾恩於主。

以掃曰、我所遇之群畜、爾何意、曰、欲蒙我主之恩、奉於我主、原文作欲獲恩於主前

Esau asked,“ What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”“ To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

Esau asked,“ Why did you send all those herds I saw?”“ I hoped I could do something to please you,” Jacob replied.

Esau said,“ What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered,“ To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

“ And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked. Jacob replied,“ They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”

So Esau said,“ What do you mean by this whole procession I met?”“ To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.

And he said,“ What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he said,“ To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Then Esau said,“ What do you mean by all this company which I met?” And he said,“ These are to find favor in the sight of my Lord.”

And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

So Esau said,“ What do you mean by this whole procession I met?”“ To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.

And he said, What[ meanest] thou by all this drove which I met? And he said,[ These are] to find grace in the sight of my lord.

Esau said,“ What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said,“ To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti.

From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields.

Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esautwo hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants,“ Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“ When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘ To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’then you must say,‘ They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“ You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.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.”