Genesis 33

¹And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maidservants.

²And he placed the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.

³And he himself passed before them and bowed to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.

⁴And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell upon his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

⁵And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children. And he said: Who are these with you? And he said: The children whom God has graciously given to your servant.

⁶And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down.

⁷Also Leah drew near, she and her children, and they bowed. And after, Joseph and Rachel drew near and they bowed.

⁸And he said: What is to you all this camp that I met? And he said: To find favor in the eyes of my lord.

⁹And Esau said: I have plenty, my brother. Let what is yours remain yours.

¹⁰And Jacob said, No, please. If I have found favor in your eyes, then take my gift from my hand, for therefore I have seen your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me.

¹¹Please take my blessing that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and for I have all. And he pressed him, and he took.

¹²And he said: Let us set out and go. And I will go before you.

¹³And he said to him: My lord knows that the children are tender and the flocks and cattle are nursing, and if they drive them hard one day all the flocks will die.

¹⁴Let my lord pass before his servant, and I myself will lead on slowly, at the pace of the work before me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.

¹⁵And Esau said, 'Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.' And he said, 'Why should this be? Let me only find favor in the eyes of my lord.'

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

¹⁷And Jacob set out to Succoth. And he built for himself a house, and for his livestock he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.

¹⁸And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram. And he camped before the city.

¹⁹And he bought the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred qesitah.

²⁰And he set up an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.