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Genesis 32:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 20 And you should also say, ‘Here is your servant Jacob behind us.’” For he said to himself: ‘If I appease him by sending a gift ahead of me,+ then afterward when I see him, he may give me a kindly reception.’

Genesis 32:20

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 20 And YOU must say also, ‘Here is your servant Jacob behind us.’”+ For he said to himself: “I may appease him by the gift going ahead of me,+ and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will give a kindly reception.”+

Genesis 32:20

The Bible in Living English
- 20 and to say ‘Your servant Jacob himself is behind us”’; for he thought “I will propitiate him with the present that goes before me, and after that I will face him; perhaps he will favor me.”

Genesis 32:20

American Standard Version
- 20 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.

Genesis 32:20

The Emphasized Bible
- 20 Then shall ye say, Also, lo! thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said: I must pacify him with the present that goeth on before me, And after that will I see his face: Peradventure he will accept me.

Genesis 32:20

King James Version
- 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.