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Genesis 32:21
And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
Genesis 32:21 · Darby Bible
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Genesis 32:21 in other translations
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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In context
18 — then thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's: it is a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, According to this word shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him.
20 And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.
21 And the gift went over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok;
23 and he took them and led them over the river, and led over what he had.
24 And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
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