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Genesis 33:10

But 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.

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ASV

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

KJV

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoJacobH3290 →
אַל־'al-may not [it be]H408 →
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
נָ֨אna'pleaseH4994 →
מָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiI have foundH4672 →
חֵן֙chenfavorH2580 →
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.Taand you will acceptH3947 →
מִנְחָתִ֖יmin.cha.Tigift myH4503 →
מִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.Difrom hand myH3027 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עַל־'al-sinceH5921 →
כֵּ֞ןken<thus>H3651 →
רָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200 →
פָנֶ֗יךָfa.Nei.khaface yourH6440 →
כִּרְאֹ֛תkir.'Otlike seeingH7200 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי׃va.tir.Tze.niand you have accepted favorably meH7521 →

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Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.Job 33:26He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.Revelation 22:4They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.Ruth 2:13“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”Jeremiah 31:2This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”Genesis 32:30So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”Genesis 18:5And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”Genesis 39:4Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.2 Samuel 14:32“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”Genesis 19:19Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.Genesis 50:4When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh thatRuth 2:10At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”2 Samuel 14:24But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.2 Samuel 14:28Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.Exodus 33:12–13Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’Psalms 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.2 Samuel 3:13“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”1 Samuel 20:3But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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Jacob and Esau Meet — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jacob and Esau Meet — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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