¹ 雅各舉目觀看，見以掃來了，後頭跟著四百人，他就把孩子們分開交給利亞、拉結，和兩個使女，

² 並且叫兩個使女和他們的孩子在前頭，利亞和他的孩子在後頭，拉結和約瑟在儘後頭。

³ 他自己在他們前頭過去，一連七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥。

⁴ 以掃跑來迎接他，將他抱住，又摟著他的頸項，與他親嘴，兩個人就哭了。

⁵ 以掃舉目看見婦人孩子，就說：這些？和你同行的是誰呢？雅各說：這些孩子是神施恩給你的僕人的。

⁶ 於是兩個使女和他們的孩子前來下拜；

⁷ 利亞和他的孩子也前來下拜；隨後約瑟和拉結也前來下拜。

⁸ 以掃說：我所遇見的這些群畜是甚麼意思呢？雅各說：是要在我主面前蒙恩的。

⁹ 以掃說：兄弟阿，我的已經夠了，你的仍歸你罷！

¹⁰ 雅各說：不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你從我手裡收下這禮物；因為我見了你的面，如同見了神的面，並且你容納了我。

¹¹ 求你收下我帶來給你的禮物；因為神恩待我，使我充足。雅各再三地求他，他才收下了。

¹² 以掃說：我們可以起身前往，我在你前頭走。

¹³ 雅各對他說：我主知道孩子們年幼嬌嫩，牛羊也正在乳養的時候，若是催趕一天，群畜都必死了。

¹⁴ 求我主在僕人前頭走，我要量著在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行，直走到西珥我主那裡。

¹⁵ 以掃說：容我把跟隨我的人留幾個在你這裡。雅各說：何必呢？只要在我主眼前蒙恩就是了。

¹⁶ 於是，以掃當日起行，回往西珥去了。

¹⁷ 雅各就往疏割去，在那裡為自己蓋造房屋，又為牲畜搭棚；因此那地方名叫疏割(就是棚的意思)。

¹⁸ 雅各從巴旦亞蘭回來的時候，平平安安地到了迦南地的示劍城，在城東支搭帳棚，

¹⁹ 就用一百塊銀子向示劍的父親、哈抹的子孫買了支帳棚的那塊地，

²⁰ 在那裡築了一座壇，起名叫伊利伊羅伊以色列(就是神、以色列神的意思)。

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 handmaids.

² He put the handmaids 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 handmaids 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 favor 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 favor 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 us take our journey, and let us 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 folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."

¹⁶ So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

¹⁷ Jacob traveled 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.