21
So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.
Genesis 32:21 In-Context
19
He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
20
And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”
21
So Jacob’s gifts went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
22
That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
23
After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.