33:1 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants.
33:2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
33:3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
33:4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
33:5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
33:6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
33:7 Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
33:8 Esau asked, “What do you mean by all these droves I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.
33:9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
33:10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.
33:11 Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
33:12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”
33:13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
33:14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
33:15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
33:16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.
33:17 Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.
33:18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
33:19 For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
33:20 There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and there was Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel and among the two female servants.
33:2 And he put the female servants and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
33:3 And he himself passed on before them and bowed down to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.
33:4 And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
33:5 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant.
33:6 Then the female servants came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.
33:7 And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.
33:8 And Esau said, What do you mean by all this camp which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what you have be yours.
33:10 And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand; for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.
33:11 Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have all that I need. So he urged him, and he took it.
33:12 Then Esau said, Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.
33:13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are frail and that the nursing flocks and herds are a concern to me; and if they overdrive them for one day, all the flock will die.
33:14 Let my lord please pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.
33:15 So Esau said, Let me please leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built a house for himself and made booths for his livestock; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
33:18 And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city.
33:19 And he bought the piece of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
33:20 And there he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.