Genesis 33

Then Jacob looked up, and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Then Jacob crossed over [the stream] ahead of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times [bowing and moving forward each time], until he approached his brother.

And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and hugged his neck and kissed him, and they wept [for joy].

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So Jacob replied, “They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Then the maids approached with their children, and they bowed down.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Leah also approached with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel approached, and they bowed down.

And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Esau asked, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he answered, “[These are] to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

Jacob replied, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift [as a blessing] from my hand, for I see your face as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Please accept my blessing (gift) which has been brought to you, for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything [that I could possibly want].” So Jacob kept urging him and Esau accepted it.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

Then Esau said, “Let us get started on our journey and I will go in front of you [to lead the way].”

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

But Jacob replied, “You know, my lord, that the children are frail and need gentle care, and the nursing flocks and herds [with young] are of concern to me; for if the men should drive them hard for a single day, all the flocks will die.

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Please let my lord go on ahead of his servant, and I will move on slowly, governed by the pace of the livestock that are in front of me and according to the endurance of the children, ^[a]until I come to my lord in Seir [in Edom].”

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Then Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But Jacob said, “^[b]What need is there [for it]? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

So Esau turned back [toward the south] that day on his way to Seir.

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

But Jacob journeyed [north] to Succoth, and built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock; so the name of the place is Succoth (huts, shelters).

Jacob Settles in Shechem

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city.

And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Then he bought the piece of land on which he had pitched his tents from ^[c]the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred ^[d]pieces of money.

And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

There he erected an altar and called it ^[e]El-Elohe-Israel.

And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.