NET Bible
"So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp."
— Genesis 32:21, NET Bible
“So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.”
“So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company. ”
“So the present passed over before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp.”
“So the presents went before him, but himself lodged that night in the camp.”
“So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.”
“So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.”
then you must say,‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.’”
He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.
You must also say,‘In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.’” Jacob thought,“I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me.”
So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.
During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions.
So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.