And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,

thirty milk camels with their foals, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty donkeys, and ten colts.

And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meets you, and he asks you, saying, To whom do you belong? And where are you going, and whose are these possessions in front of you?

And he charged the first, the second, and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him;

And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have set me in the land of the Negev. Give me Botthanis. So he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.

And Achsah said to him, Give me, I pray, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Caleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the lower [springs].

And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord.

And David came to Ziklag, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Judah, and to his friends, saying, Behold, [some] of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;

And he and all his company returned to Elisha, and he came and stood before him, and said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, save only in Israel; and now receive a blessing from your servant.

Therefore I thought it necessary to urge the brothers, that they should go before [me] to you, and should arrange in advance your generous gift, which you had previously promised, [that] this would be ready, thus as a blessing and not as grudgingly given.

But this I say: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep your own.

Not that I am speaking with respect to need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In every place and in all [circumstances] I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

And I have all things and abound. I have been made full, having received from Epaphroditus the things [sent] from you, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who [can be] against us?

He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up on behalf of us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In every place and in all [circumstances] I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.

And I have all things and abound. I have been made full, having received from Epaphroditus the things [sent] from you, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.

For bodily exercise is profitable a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life and of the coming life.

And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send [them]. And they sent fifty men, and sought [him for] three days, and found him not.

And Elisha said, [As] the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take [anything]. And he pressed him to take [something]; but he would not.

And [Naaman] said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of clothing, and put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him.

Then the master said to the servant, 'Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, so that my house may be filled.