Genesis 32:20
32:20 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.”
Genesis 33:10
33:10 “No, please take them,” Jacob said.
“If I have found favor in your sight, accept
my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me,
it is as if I have seen the face of God.
Genesis 43:11
43:11 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.