Gen 33 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then Jacob raised his eyes and looked , and behold , Esau was coming , and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel , and the two slave women .

Genesis 33

Jacob Meets Esau

1 Then Jacob raised his eyes and looked, and behold, ^aEsau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children ^{▼▼Or to}among Leah and Rachel, and the two slave women. 2 He put the slave women and their children ^{▼▼Lit first}in front, and Leah and her children ^{▼▼Lit behind}next, and Rachel and Joseph ^{▼▼Lit behind}last. 3 But he himself passed on ahead of them and ^fbowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and ^gfell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. 5 He raised his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, “ ^{▼▼Or What relation are these to you?}Who are these with you?” So he said, “ ⁱThe children whom God has graciously given your servant.” 6 Then the slave women came forward ^{▼▼Lit they and}with their children, and they bowed down. 7 And Leah likewise came forward with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came forward with Rachel, and they bowed down. 8 And he said, “What do you mean by ^kall this company which I have met?” And he said, “ ^lTo find favor in the sight of my lord.” 9 But Esau said, “ ^mI have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.” 10 Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift from my hand, ^{▼▼Lit for therefore I have seen your face like seeing God’s face}for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably. 11 Please accept my ^{▼▼Lit blessing
,} ^pgift which has been brought to you, ^qbecause God has dealt graciously with me and because I have ^{▼▼Lit all}plenty.” So he urged him, and he accepted it.

12 Then ^{▼▼Lit he}Esau said, “Let’s journey on and go, and I will go ahead of you.” 13 But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds that are nursing are ^{▼▼Lit upon me}a matter of concern to me. And if they are driven hard just one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Please let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, at the pace of the cattle that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at ^uSeir.”

15 Then Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “ ^{▼▼Lit Why this?}What need is there? ^wLet me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 17 But Jacob journeyed to ^{▼▼I.e., booths
,} ^ySuccoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.

Jacob Settles in Shechem

18 Now Jacob came safely to the city of ^zShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from ^aaPaddan-aram, and camped before the city. 19 ^abHe bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred ^{▼▼Heb qesitah}pieces of money. 20 Then he erected there an altar and called it ^{▼▼I.e., God, the God of Israel}El-Elohe-Israel.