Genesis 33

¹ And JacobJacob liftedlifted up his eyeseyes, and looked, and, behold, EsauEsau was comingcoming, and with him four hundredfour hundred menmen. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto RachelRachel, and unto the twotwo handmaidshandmaids.

² And he putput the handmaidshandmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and RachelRachel and JosephJoseph hindermost.

³ And he himself passedpassed over beforebefore them, and bowedbowed himself to the groundground sevenseven times, until he came nearnear to his brotherbrother.

⁴ And EsauEsau ran to meetmeet him, and embraced him, and fellfell on his neckneck, and kissedkissed him: and they weptwept.

⁵ And he liftedlifted up his eyeseyes, and sawsaw the womenwomen and the children; and saidsaid, Who are these with thee? And he saidsaid, The children whom GodGod hath graciously given thy servantservant.

⁶ Then the handmaidshandmaids came nearnear, they and their children, and they bowedbowed themselves.

⁷ And Leah also and her children came nearnear, and bowedbowed themselves: and afterafter came JosephJoseph nearnear and RachelRachel, and they bowedbowed themselves.

⁸ And he saidsaid, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he saidsaid, To findfind favor in the sightsight of my lordmy lord.

⁹ And EsauEsau saidsaid, I have enoughenough, my brotherbrother; let that which thou hast be thine.

¹⁰ And JacobJacob saidsaid, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have foundfound favor in thy sightsight, then receive my presentpresent at my handhand; forasmuch as I have seenseen thy faceface, as one seethseeth the faceface of GodGod, and thou wast pleased with me.

¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because GodGod hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enoughenough. And he urgedurged him, and he took it.

¹² And he saidsaid, Let usus take our journeyjourney, and let usus gogo, and I will gogo before thee.

¹³ And he saidsaid unto him, My lordMy lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocksflocks and herdsherds with me have their youngyoung: and if they overdrive them oneone dayday, all the flocksflocks will diedie.

¹⁴ Let my lordmy lord, I pray thee, passpass over beforebefore his servantservant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are beforebefore me and according to the pace of the children, until I comecome unto my lordmy lord unto SeirSeir.

¹⁵ And EsauEsau saidsaid, Let me now leave with theeleave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he saidsaid, What needeth it? let me findfind favor in the sightsight of my lordmy lord.

¹⁶ So EsauEsau returnedreturned that dayday on his wayway unto SeirSeir.

¹⁷ And JacobJacob journeyedjourneyed to SuccothSuccoth, and builtbuilt him a househouse, and made boothsbooths for his cattlecattle: therefore the namename of the placeplace is calledcalled SuccothSuccoth.

¹⁸ And JacobJacob camecame in peacepeace to the citycity of ShechemShechem, which is in the land of Canaanland of Canaan, when he camecame from Paddan-aramPaddan-aram; and encampedencamped beforebefore the citycity.

¹⁹ And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tenttent, at the handhand of the childrenchildren of HamorHamor, ShechemShechem's fatherfather, for a hundredhundred pieces of money.

²⁰ And he erected there an altaraltar, and calledcalled it El-elohe-israel.