¹⁶ The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

²⁰ and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

²⁷ `And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

¹¹ And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

⁸ A stone of grace `is' the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

¹⁰ And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

⁶ Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.