Genesis 33:11
New International Version
Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.

New Living Translation
Please take this gift I have brought you, for God has been very gracious to me. I have more than enough.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau finally accepted the gift.

English Standard Version
Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

Berean Standard Bible
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

King James Bible
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

New King James Version
Please, take my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” So he urged him, and he took it.

New American Standard Bible
Please accept my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty.” So he urged him, and he accepted it.

NASB 1995
“Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty.” Thus he urged him and he took it.

NASB 1977
“Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have plenty.” Thus he urged him and he took it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have everything.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

Amplified Bible
Please accept my blessing (gift) which has been brought to you, for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything [that I could possibly want].” So Jacob kept urging him and Esau accepted it.

Christian Standard Bible
Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.” So Jacob urged him until he accepted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.” So Jacob urged him until he accepted.

American Standard Version
Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Contemporary English Version
Please accept these as gifts I brought to you. God has been good to me, and I have everything I need." Jacob kept insisting until Esau agreed.

English Revised Version
Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Please take the present I've brought you, because God has been gracious to me and has given me all that I need." So Esau took it because Jacob insisted.

Good News Translation
Please accept this gift which I have brought for you; God has been kind to me and given me everything I need." Jacob kept on urging him until he accepted.

International Standard Version
So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts.

Majority Standard Bible
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

NET Bible
Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need." When Jacob urged him, he took it.

New Heart English Bible
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has been gracious to me, and because I have enough. "Thus he urged him, and he took it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough: and he urged him, and he took it.

World English Bible
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
please receive my blessing which is brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all [things]”; and he presses on him, and he receives [it],

Young's Literal Translation
receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all things;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

Smith's Literal Translation
Take now my blessing which was brought to thee, for God compassionated me, and because all things are to me; and he will press upon him, and he will take.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him,

Catholic Public Domain Version
and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,

New American Bible
Accept the gift I have brought you. For God has been generous toward me, and I have an abundance.” Since he urged him strongly, Esau accepted.

New Revised Standard Version
Please accept my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have everything I want.” So he urged him, and he took it.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Now accept my blessings that I have brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And Jacob urged him, and he did accept them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Take my blessing that is with you because God was kind to me and because I have everything”, and he urged him and he accepted.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.' And he urged him, and he took it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jacob Meets Esau
10But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably. 11Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. 12Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”…

Cross References
Genesis 32:20
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 27:41
Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 32:13-15
Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau: / 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, / 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

Genesis 45:7-11
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. / Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. / Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay. ...

Genesis 50:17-21
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. / His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!” / But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God? ...

1 Samuel 25:27-35
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you. / Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live. / And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling. ...

Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.

2 Kings 5:15-16
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” / But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.

2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Matthew 5:23-24
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Luke 19:8-9
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.” / Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

Acts 20:35
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”


Treasury of Scripture

Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

my blessing.

Genesis 32:13-20
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; …

Joshua 15:19
Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

Judges 1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

and because.

Genesis 33:9
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Philippians 4:11,12,18
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content…

enough.

Romans 8:31,32
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? …

1 Corinthians 3:21
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

urged him.

2 Kings 2:17
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

2 Kings 5:16,23
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused…

Luke 14:23
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

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Genesis 33
1. Jacob and Esau's meeting; and Esau's departure.
17. Jacob comes to Succoth.
18. At Shechem he buys a field, and builds an altar, called El Elohe Israel.














Please take my gift
The Hebrew word for "gift" here is "מִנְחָה" (minchah), which often refers to a tribute or offering. In the ancient Near Eastern context, gifts were a means of establishing or restoring relationships. Jacob's offering to Esau is not merely a gesture of goodwill but a significant act of reconciliation. It reflects Jacob's desire to make amends for past wrongs and to seek peace with his brother. This act of giving is a tangible expression of humility and repentance, demonstrating Jacob's transformed heart after his encounter with God.

that has been brought to you
The phrase indicates intentionality and purpose. Jacob's gift is not a casual offering but one that has been carefully prepared and presented. This reflects the cultural importance of hospitality and respect in ancient times. The act of bringing a gift signifies honor and the desire to mend broken relationships. It underscores the importance of taking deliberate steps towards reconciliation and the restoration of familial bonds.

because God has been gracious to me
The Hebrew word for "gracious" is "חָנַן" (chanan), which conveys the idea of favor and kindness bestowed by God. Jacob acknowledges that all he possesses is due to God's grace. This recognition of divine favor is a recurring theme in the Bible, emphasizing that all blessings come from God. Jacob's statement is a testament to his spiritual growth and understanding of God's providence. It serves as a reminder that gratitude and acknowledgment of God's grace should be central to a believer's life.

and I have all I need
This phrase reflects a profound contentment and sufficiency found in God's provision. The Hebrew word "כֹּל" (kol) means "all" or "everything," indicating completeness. Jacob's declaration of having all he needs is a powerful statement of faith and trust in God's provision. It challenges believers to find contentment not in material wealth but in the sufficiency of God's grace. This contentment is a mark of spiritual maturity and a deep reliance on God's faithfulness.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Please
נָ֤א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

take
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

my present
בִּרְכָתִי֙ (bir·ḵā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

was brought to you,
הֻבָ֣את (hu·ḇāṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has been gracious
חַנַּ֥נִי (ḥan·na·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

to me
לִי־ (lî-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

and I have
יֶשׁ־ (yeš-)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

all I need.
כֹ֑ל (ḵōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

So Jacob pressed
וַיִּפְצַר־ (way·yip̄·ṣar-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6484: To peck at, stun, dull

him
בּ֖וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

until he accepted.
וַיִּקָּֽח׃ (way·yiq·qāḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take


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