'Gift' in the Bible
And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.
And he lodged there that night. Then he took {from what he had with him} a gift for Esau his brother:
Then you must say, 'To your servant, to Jacob. It [is] a gift sent to my lord, to Esau. Now behold, he [is] also [coming] after us.'"
And moreover, you shall say, 'Look, your servant Jacob [is] behind us.'" For he thought, "{Let me appease him} with the gift going before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will {show me favor}."
So the gift passed on before him, but he himself spent that night in the camp.
And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your eyes, you must take my gift from my hand, for then I have seen your face [which is] like seeing the face of God, and you have received me.
Please take my gift which has been brought to you, for God has dealt graciously with me, and because {I have enough}." And he urged him, so he took [it].
{Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."
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 them down to the man as a gift--a little balm and honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, and pistachios and almonds.
So the men took this gift, and they took double money in their hands, and Benjamin, and they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
Then they laid out the gift until Joseph came at noon, for they had heard that they were to eat food there.
And when Joseph came into the house they brought the gift that [was] in their hand into the house to him, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Boon (5 instances)
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- Empower (5 instances)
- Endow (3 instances)
- Endowment (6 instances)
- Favor (388 instances)
- Gift (210 instances)
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