The Genesis
Chapter
33
1 Well, when Jacob looked up, {Look!} he saw his brother Esau coming with four hundred men. So Jacob divided the children between LeAh, RachEl, and the two female servants. 2 Then he put the two female servants and their children out in front, followed by LeAh and her children, then RachEl, and [finally, himself] at the rear. 3 But then he walked ahead of them all and bowed to the ground seven times, as he got closer to his brother.
4 Then Esau ran up to meet him, hugged him, fell around his neck and kissed him… and they both started crying.
5 Well, when Esau noticed the women and children, he asked: 'What are they to you?' And Jacob replied: 'They're the children that God has so mercifully blest your servant with.'
6 Then the female servants and their children came up and bowed low, 7 followed by LeAh and her children who also came up and bowed low. And then RachEl [arrived] and bowed next to JoSeph.
8 So [Esau] asked: 'Then, what did all those groups that I met along the way have to do with you?' And [Jacob] replied: 'This was done so that your servant might find favor in your eyes, my lord.'
9 Then Esau said: 'But I [already own] much, my brother. Keep what is yours!'
10 And Jacob said: 'If I've found favor in your eyes, take the gifts from my hands; for seeing your face is like seeing the face of God. If you are happy with me, 11 take the blessings that I've brought to you, because God has been merciful to me, and I have everything.' And he kept insisting, so [Esau] took them. 12 Then he said: 'Now, let's head back.'
13 But [Jacob] said: 'My lord; You know that the children are frail, and the flocks and herds that I've brought also have [many] young ones. So if I drive them hard today, these cattle will die. 14 Therefore, my lord; go on ahead of your servant… I'll take it easy along the way, so [I'll have] enough strength [to make the long journey] that's still ahead of me, and so that the children will have enough strength. Then I will [meet up with] my lord at Seir.'
15 And Esau said: 'Then let me leave some of the people with you that I brought with me.' And [Jacob] asked: 'Why? It's enough that I've found your favor, my lord!'
16 So Esau returned to Seir that day, 17 and Jacob returned to the tents that he had set up to live in… and he also built pens for his cattle. So he named that place, SucCoth (The Pens).
18 Finally, Jacob got to Salem (which was the city of Shechem) in the land of CanaAn after traveling there from MesoPotamia of Syria. Then he went to [the city gate] 19 and bought the field where he had pitched his tent from Hamor (the father of Shechem) for a hundred lambs. 20 And there he set up an altar, where he called upon his (IsraEl's) God.
4 Then Esau ran up to meet him, hugged him, fell around his neck and kissed him… and they both started crying.
5 Well, when Esau noticed the women and children, he asked: 'What are they to you?' And Jacob replied: 'They're the children that God has so mercifully blest your servant with.'
6 Then the female servants and their children came up and bowed low, 7 followed by LeAh and her children who also came up and bowed low. And then RachEl [arrived] and bowed next to JoSeph.
8 So [Esau] asked: 'Then, what did all those groups that I met along the way have to do with you?' And [Jacob] replied: 'This was done so that your servant might find favor in your eyes, my lord.'
9 Then Esau said: 'But I [already own] much, my brother. Keep what is yours!'
10 And Jacob said: 'If I've found favor in your eyes, take the gifts from my hands; for seeing your face is like seeing the face of God. If you are happy with me, 11 take the blessings that I've brought to you, because God has been merciful to me, and I have everything.' And he kept insisting, so [Esau] took them. 12 Then he said: 'Now, let's head back.'
13 But [Jacob] said: 'My lord; You know that the children are frail, and the flocks and herds that I've brought also have [many] young ones. So if I drive them hard today, these cattle will die. 14 Therefore, my lord; go on ahead of your servant… I'll take it easy along the way, so [I'll have] enough strength [to make the long journey] that's still ahead of me, and so that the children will have enough strength. Then I will [meet up with] my lord at Seir.'
15 And Esau said: 'Then let me leave some of the people with you that I brought with me.' And [Jacob] asked: 'Why? It's enough that I've found your favor, my lord!'
16 So Esau returned to Seir that day, 17 and Jacob returned to the tents that he had set up to live in… and he also built pens for his cattle. So he named that place, SucCoth (The Pens).
18 Finally, Jacob got to Salem (which was the city of Shechem) in the land of CanaAn after traveling there from MesoPotamia of Syria. Then he went to [the city gate] 19 and bought the field where he had pitched his tent from Hamor (the father of Shechem) for a hundred lambs. 20 And there he set up an altar, where he called upon his (IsraEl's) God.
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