Genesis 32:21
So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
In context
18 then you shall say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’” 19 He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves, “You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him, 20 and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
21 So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.
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- KJV King James Version
— Genesis 32:21 in the KJV
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
- NIV New International Version
— Genesis 32:21 in the NIV
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.