¹Jacob 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 .

²He put the servants and their children in front , Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

³He himself passed over in front of them , and bowed himself to the ground seven times , until he came near to his brother.

⁴Esau ran to meet him , embraced him , fell on his neck , kissed him , and they wept .

⁵He 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 .”

⁶Then the servants came near with their children , and they bowed themselves .

⁷Leah also and her children came near , and bowed themselves . After them , Joseph came near with Rachel , and they bowed themselves .

⁸Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met ?”

Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

⁹Esau said, “I have enough , my brother; let that which you have be yours.”

¹⁰Jacob 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 .

¹¹Please 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 .

¹²Esau said, “Let ’s take our journey , and let ’s go , and I will go before you .”

¹³Jacob 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 .

¹⁴Please 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 .”

¹⁵Esau 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.”

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

¹⁷Jacob traveled to Succoth , built himself a house , and made shelters for his livestock . Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth .[#33:17 succoth means shelters or booths.]

¹⁸Jacob 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 .

¹⁹He 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 .

²⁰He erected an altar there , and called it El Elohe Israel .[#33:20 El Elohe Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty”.]