TSK · Genesis 43:11

two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

“No, please take them,” Jacob said.“If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who has set you apart from the other peoples.

So Saul said to his servant,“All right, we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

(5:1) Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime.

Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.

So the king told Hazael,“Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the LORD. Ask him,‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

Messengers from Babylon Visit Hezekiah At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.

Because of your temple in Jerusalem, kings bring tribute to you.

Make vows to the LORD your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.

There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?

Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise.