Genesis-33

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  • 1 Jacob Meets Esau Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.
  • 2 He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
  • 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
  • 4 But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
  • 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
  • 6 Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down.
  • 7 Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
  • 8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.
  • 9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
  • 10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.
  • 11 Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
  • 12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”
  • 13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
  • 14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
  • 15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
  • 16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.
  • 17 Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth. 33:17 Sukkoth means shelters.
  • 18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, 33:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
  • 19 For a hundred pieces of silver, 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value. he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
  • 20 There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel. 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.
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