Genesis 32:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us;’ for he said, ‘I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;’

King James Bible
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

Hebrew
You are also
גַּ֗ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

to say,
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (wa·’ă·mar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Look,
הִנֵּ֛ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֖ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

is right behind us.’”
אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ (’a·ḥă·rê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he thought,
אָמַ֞ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will appease
אֲכַפְּרָ֣ה (’ă·ḵap·pə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 3722: To cover, to expiate, condone, to placate, cancel

[Esau]
פָנָ֗יו (p̄ā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

with the gift
בַּמִּנְחָה֙ (bam·min·ḥāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

that is going
הַהֹלֶ֣כֶת (ha·hō·le·ḵeṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

before me.
לְפָנָ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nāy)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

After
וְאַחֲרֵי־ (wə·’a·ḥă·rê-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

that
כֵן֙ (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

I can face
אֶרְאֶ֣ה (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

him,
פָנָ֔יו (p̄ā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and perhaps
אוּלַ֖י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's 194: Perhaps

he will accept
יִשָּׂ֥א (yiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

me.”
פָנָֽי׃ (p̄ā·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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