At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.

Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

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.’”

When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.

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.