[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 to 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 cattle
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
journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his
cattle. 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.
