20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(A) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(B) I am sending on ahead;(C) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(D)

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

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27 And let this gift,(A) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

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A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

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14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)

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