Genesis 33
1 Jacob saw Esau in the distance, coming towards him with four hundred men. So he split up the children between Leah, Rachel and the two personal maids.
And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:
2 He placed the two personal maids with their children first, then Leah and her children, and Rachel and Joseph last.
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
3 Then Jacob went ahead of them and bowed low to the ground seven times before approaching his brother.
And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
5 Then Esau looked around at the women and children. “Who are these people with you?” he asked. “They are the children God graciously gave your servant,” Jacob replied.
And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant.
6 The personal maids and their children came over and bowed down.
And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
7 Then Leah and her children came over and bowed down. Lastly Joseph and Rachel came over and bowed down.
And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.
8 “What were all the livestock for that I met on the way?” Esau asked. “They're a gift to you my lord so you'd treat me well,” Jacob answered.
And he said, What [meanest] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.
9 “I have more than enough, my brother! You keep what you have,” said Esau.
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.
10 “No, please!” Jacob insisted. “If you're happy with me, then please accept the gift I'm giving you. Now I've seen your face again it's like seeing the face of God, and you have welcomed me so kindly!
And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.
11 Please take the gift I've brought to you because God has treated me so well and I have so much.” So Esau accepted it.
Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].
12 “Let's get on our way,” Esau said. “I'll go ahead of you.”
And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
13 “My lord can see that the children are weak,” Jacob responded. “Also, the goats, sheep, and cattle are nursing their young, and if I push them too hard, they'll all die.
And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
14 You go on, my lord, and your servant will come along slowly, walking with the children, and I'll meet you at Seir.”
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.
15 “Fine, but let me leave some of my men with you,” said Esau. “You're very kind, but there's no need to do that,” Jacob replied.
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.
16 So Esau started on his way back to Seir that day.
And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 But Jacob headed to Succoth, where he built himself a house and shelters for the livestock. That's why the place is called Succoth.
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.
18 Later Jacob continued his journey from Paddan-aram. He arrived safely at Shechem in the country of Canaan where he camped outside the town.
And Jacob came safely [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.
19 He bought the plot of ground where he was camping from the sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem, for 100 pieces of money.
And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.
20 He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
