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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et Jacob répondit: Non, je te prie, si j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, accepte de ma main mon présent; car c'est pour cela que j'ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face de Dieu, et tu m'as accueilli favorablement.
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.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
244. Quid [sibi vult] quod Jacob ait [fratri suo]: Sic vidi faciem tuam, quasi viderem faciem Dei (Gen. XXXIII, 10) . Utrum paventis et perturbati animi verba usque in hanc adulationem proruperunt?--- Resp. Haec verba fraterna sunt et benigno animo dicta, quoniam post benignam…
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