Genesis 32:20 describes Jacob actually sending the gifts he prepared, showing his plan enacted and his reasoning about appeasing Esau.

Genesis 32:21 continues the same thought: the gifts go ahead, and Jacob stays behind, hoping the present will 'appease' Esau's anger.

In Genesis 43:11, Jacob again sends lavish gifts ahead to appease a powerful figure before a dangerous meeting — repeating his own strategy with Esau decades earlier.

In Genesis 43:26, the brothers present Jacob's gifts and bow — enacting the same gift-to-appease strategy Jacob once used to win Esau's favor.

In Genesis 33:8, Esau asks about the company of gifts and Jacob confirms he sent them 'to find favor' — the direct narrative payoff of the gift-sending in 32:13.

In Genesis 33:11, Jacob presents these same gifts directly to Esau after their reunion, completing the peace offering he began preparing here.

In Genesis 33:10, after meeting Esau, Jacob says seeing his face is 'like seeing the face of God' — the successful reconciliation his gifts aimed to secure.

In 1 Samuel 25:27, Abigail brings gifts to David to avert his deadly anger — the same pattern of sending provisions ahead to pacify a powerful man before confrontation.

In Proverbs 18:16, 'a man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great' — a near-perfect proverbial summary of Jacob's strategy with Esau.

In Proverbs 21:14, 'a gift in secret averts anger and a concealed bribe strong wrath' — a direct proverbial match for Jacob sending gifts to calm Esau's fury.

In 1 Samuel 25:18, Abigail mirrors this strategy — quickly assembling generous gifts to pacify a powerful man who might otherwise bring harm.

In Proverbs 17:8, a bribe works like a magic stone for the giver — Jacob's lavish gifts to Esau illustrate this proverb's claim about gifts opening doors.

In Proverbs 19:6, 'everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts' — Jacob's gifts to Esau illustrate this wisdom about generosity winning favor.