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Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Genesis 33:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
  • KJV Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
  • NKJV Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” So he urged him, and he took it.
  • NASB Please accept my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty.” So he urged him, and he accepted it.
  • NLT Please take this gift I have brought you, for God has been very gracious to me. I have more than enough.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau finally accepted the gift.

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Quick answer

Jacob presses Esau to take the gift because God has dealt graciously with him and he has enough. Esau finally accepts at Jacob's urging.

Overview

Jacob attributes his abundance to God's gracious dealing, using language that means 'I have all I need.' His insistence honors Esau and expresses gratitude for God's provision. Both brothers now speak of having enough, a sign of contentment and the peace God has granted.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • 1 Sam 25:27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
  • Phil 4:18I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  • Gen 33:9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
  • 2 Kgs 5:23But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
  • Gen 30:43Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
  • 1 Sam 30:26When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  • Phil 4:11–12I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
  • 1 Tim 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
  • 2 Kgs 5:15–16Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  • 2 Cor 9:5–6So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the bountiful gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
  • 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  • 2 Kgs 2:17But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
  • Josh 15:19“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
  • Gen 32:13–20Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  • Rom 8:31–32What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Luke 14:23So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
  • 1 Cor 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
  • Judg 1:15“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

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