KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “So went the present” | הַמִּנְחָ֖ה | A donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary) | present |
| “over” | וַתַּֽעֲבֹ֥ר | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | over |
| “before him:” | פָּנָ֑יו | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “and himself” | וְה֛וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | himself |
| “lodged” | לָ֥ן | To stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain) | lodged |
| “that” | הַה֖וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “night” | בַּלַּֽיְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “in the company.” | בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | company |
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19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
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.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
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