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 lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids:
2 He placed the two personal maids with their children first, then Leah and her children, and Rachel and Joseph last.
And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Then Jacob went ahead of them and bowed low to the ground seven times before approaching his brother.
And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.
4 Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.
Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, 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 lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.
6 The personal maids and their children came over and bowed down.
Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.
7 Then Leah and her children came over and bowed down. Lastly Joseph and Rachel came over and bowed down.
Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.
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 Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.
9 “I have more than enough, my brother! You keep what you have,” said Esau.
But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.
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: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,
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.
And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother’s earnest pressing him,
12 “Let's get on our way,” Esau said. “I'll go ahead of you.”
And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.
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 Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will 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.”
May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in 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.
Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.
16 So Esau started on his way back to Seir that day.
So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, 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 came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.
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 he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town:
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 that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs.
20 He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
