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.
For therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God. This seems the expression of servile adulation. But if Jacob's pious mind discerned the secret influence of God in effecting a sudden change in the heart of Esau, as we may presume he did, he was warranted in saying that the face of Esau reflected divine kindness.