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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
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’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
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.