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gifts
Abraham's servant carries gifts to confirm his master's marriage proposal; Jacob sends livestock to conciliate Esau, and in Genesis 43 sends balsam, honey, and other products of Canaan to Joseph.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 24:10
Tags
2
Scripture references
- Genesis 24:10
carrying all kinds of gifts from his master...
- Genesis 24:53
he also gave rich presents to her brother and to her mother.
- Genesis 32:14
From what he had with him he chose a gift for his brother Esau:
- Genesis 32:19
you will answer, 'Your servant Jacob's. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And Jacob himself is just behind us.'
- Genesis 32:21
For he thought, 'If I conciliate him by sending a gift in advance, perhaps he will be well inclined towards me when I face him.'
- Genesis 43:11
Then their father Israel said to them, 'If it must be so, then do this: take some of the country's best products in your baggage and take them to the man as a gift: some balsam, some honey, gum tragacanth, resin, pistachio nuts and almonds.
- Genesis 43:26
When Joseph arrived at the house they offered him the gift they had with them, bowing low before him.