Genesis 33:12-20
12Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of ▼▼Or along with
you.” 13But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die. 14Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord bin Seir.” 15So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? cLet me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16So Esau returned that day on his way to dSeir. 17But Jacob journeyed to eSuccoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. ▼
▼ Succoth means booths
18And Jacob came safely ▼
▼Or peacefully
to the city of hShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. 19And from the sons of iHamor, Shechem’s father, jhe bought for a hundred pieces of money ▼▼Hebrew a hundred qesitah; a unit of money of unknown value
the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. 20There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. ▼▼ El-Elohe-Israel means God, the God of Israel
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