Augustine of Hippo : THE PRESENTS OF JACOB TO ESAU. — The Latin manuscripts say about Jacob: For he said, I will appease his face with the gifts that precede him . But these words are to be understood as follows: The writer of the book puts this in the mouth of Jacob: For he said, "I will appease his face," and then adds of his harvest: “with the gifts that precede him.” It is as if he said, “With the gifts that preceded Jacob I will appease the face of my brother.” The order of the words of Jacob is thus the following, “I will appease his face and then I will see his face, and he may welcome me favorably." The author inserted the words of his harvest with the gifts that precede him. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 102 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)