Then Jacob lifted
his eyes
and looked
, and behold
, aEsau
was coming
, and four
hundred
men
with him. So he divided
the children
1among
Leah
and Rachel
and the two
maids
.
He put the maids
and their children
1in front
, and Leah
and her children
2next
, and Rachel
and Joseph
2last
.
But he himself passed
on ahead
of them and abowed
down
to the ground
seven
times
, until
he came
near
to his brother
.
Then Esau ran
to meet
him and embraced
him, and afell
on his neck
and kissed
him, and they wept
.
He lifted his eyes
and saw
the women
and the children
, and said
, " 1Who
are these
with you?" So he said
, " aThe children
whom
God
has graciously
given
your servant
."
Then the maids came
near
1with their children
, and they bowed
down
.
Leah likewise
came
near
with her children
, and they bowed
down
; and afterward
Joseph
came
near
with Rachel
, and they bowed
down
.
And he said, "What
do you mean by aall
this
company
which
I have met
?" And he said
, " bTo find
favor
in the sight
of my lord
."
But Esau said
, " aI have
plenty
, my brother
; let what
you have
be your own."
Jacob said
, "No
, please
, if
now
I have found
favor
in your sight
, then take
my present
from my hand
, 1for I see
your face
as one sees
the face
of God
, and you have received
me favorably
.
"Please take
my 1 agift
which
has been brought
to you, bbecause
God
has dealt
graciously
with me and because
I have
2plenty
." Thus he urged
him and he took
it.
Then 1Esau said, "Let us take
our journey
and go
, and I will go
before
you."
But he said to him, "My lord
knows
that the children
are frail
and that the flocks
and herds
which are nursing
are 1a care
to me. And if they are driven
hard
one
day
, all
the flocks
will die
.
"Please let my lord
pass
on before
his servant
, and I will proceed
at my leisure
, according to the pace
of the cattle
that are before
me and according to the pace
of the children
, until
I come
to my lord
at aSeir
."
Esau said
, "Please
let me leave
with you some
of the people
who
are with me." But he said
, " 1What
need is there? aLet me find
favor
in the sight
of my lord
."
So Esau returned
that day
on his way
to Seir
.
Jacob journeyed
to 1 aSuccoth
, and built
for himself a house
and made
booths
for his livestock
; therefore
the place
is named
Succoth
.
Now Jacob came
safely
to the city
of aShechem
, which
is in the land
of Canaan
, when he came
from bPaddan-aram
, and camped
before
the city
.
aHe bought the piece
of land
where
he had pitched
his tent
from the hand
of the sons
of Hamor
, Shechem's
father
, for one hundred
1pieces
of money
.
Then he erected there
an altar
and called
it 1El-Elohe-Israel
.