'Ahead' in the Bible

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

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."

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir."

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.