Genesis 33
1 And Jacob lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divides the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants;
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.
2 and he sets the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
He placed the two personal maids with their children first, then Leah and her children, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 And he himself passed over before them, and bows himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing near to his brother,
Then Jacob went ahead of them and bowed low to the ground seven times before approaching his brother.
4 and Esau runs to meet him, and embraces him, and falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep;
Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.
5 and he lifts up his eyes, and sees the women and the children, and says, “What [are] these to you?” And he says, “The children with whom God has favored your servant.”
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.
6 And the maidservants draw near, they and their children, and bow themselves;
The personal maids and their children came over and bowed down.
7 and Leah also draws near, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterward Joseph has drawn near with Rachel, and they bow themselves.
Then Leah and her children came over and bowed down. Lastly Joseph and Rachel came over and bowed down.
8 And he says, “What to you [is] all this camp which I have met?” And he says, “To find grace in the eyes of my lord.”
“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.
9 And Esau says, “I have abundance, my brother, that which you have, let it be for yourself.”
“I have more than enough, my brother! You keep what you have,” said Esau.
10 And Jacob says, “No, please, now if I have found grace in your eyes, then you have received my present from my hand, because that I have seen your face, as the seeing of the face of God, and you are pleased with me;
“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!
11 please receive my blessing which is brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all [things]”; and he presses on him, and he receives [it],
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.
12 and says, “Let us journey and go on, and I go on before you.”
“Let's get on our way,” Esau said. “I'll go ahead of you.”
13 And he says to him, “My lord knows that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then all the flock has died.
“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.
14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.”
You go on, my lord, and your servant will come along slowly, walking with the children, and I'll meet you at Seir.”
15 And Esau says, “Please let me place with you some of the people who [are] with me”; and he said, “Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.”
“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.
16 And Esau turns back on that day on his way to Seir;
So Esau started on his way back to Seir that day.
17 and Jacob has journeyed to Succoth, and builds a house for himself, and has made shelters for his livestock, therefore he has called the name of the place Succoth.
But Jacob headed to Succoth, where he built himself a house and shelters for the livestock. That's why the place is called Succoth.
18 And Jacob comes safe [to the] city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encamps before the city,
Later Jacob continued his journey from Paddan-aram. He arrived safely at Shechem in the country of Canaan where he camped outside the town.
19 and he buys the portion of the field where he has stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred kesitah;
He bought the plot of ground where he was camping from the sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem, for 100 pieces of money.
20 and he sets up there an altar, and proclaims at it God—the God of Israel.
He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
