Chapter 33
1 Jacob lifted up his eyes , and looked , and , behold , Esau was coming , and with him four hundred men . He divided the children between Leah , Rachel , and the two servants .
2 He put the servants and their children in front , Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 He himself passed over in front of them , and bowed himself to the ground seven times , until he came near to his brother.
4 Esau ran to meet him , embraced him , fell on his neck , kissed him , and they wept .
5 He lifted up his eyes , and saw the women and the children ; and said, " Who are these with you ?" He said, " The children whom God has graciously given your servant ."
6 Then the servants came near with their children , and they bowed themselves .
7 Leah also and her children came near , and bowed themselves . After them , Joseph came near with Rachel , and they bowed themselves .
8 Esau said, " What do you mean by all this company which I met ?" Jacob said, " To find favour in the sight of my lord."
9 Esau said, " I have enough , my brother; let that which you have be yours."
10 Jacob said , " Please , no , if I have now found favour in your sight , then receive my present at my hand , because I have seen your face , as one sees the face of God , and you were pleased with me .
11 Please take the gift that I brought to you , because God has dealt graciously with me , and because I have enough ." He urged him , and he took it .
12 Esau said, " Let ’s take our journey , and let ’s go , and I will go before you ."
13 Jacob said to him , " My lord knows that the children are tender , and that the flocks and herds with me have their young , and if they overdrive them one day , all the flocks will die .
14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant , and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children , until I come to my lord to Seir ."
15 Esau said, " Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me ." He said, " Why ? Let me find favour in the sight of my lord."
16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir .
17 Jacob travelled to Succoth , built himself a house , and made shelters for his livestock . Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth .
18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem , which is in the land of Canaan , when he came from Paddan Aram ; and encamped before the city .
19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor , Shechem ’s father , for one hundred pieces of money .
20 He erected an altar there , and called it El Elohe Israel .