Genesis 33Book 1 of 66 · 20 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming toward him, and with him were four hundred men, so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
  2. And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.
  3. Then he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.
  4. But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and threw his arms around his neck and kissed him, and they both wept.
  5. And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, "Who are these people with you?" So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given to me, your servant."
  6. Then the maidservants came near with their children and bowed down.
  7. And Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.
  8. Then Esau said, "What do you mean by all this procession which I met?" And Jacob answered, "These are to find favor in the sight of my lord."
  9. But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself."
  10. Jacob said, "No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then accept my gift from my hand, for I have seen your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.
  11. Please accept my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have everything I need, so he urged him, and he took it.
  12. Then Esau said, "Let us take our journey and move on our way, and I will go ahead of you."
  13. But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me, and if they are driven hard for one day, all the flock will die."
  14. Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant, and I will proceed slowly at a pace suited to the livestock that go before me and to the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.
  15. And Esau said, "Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But Jacob said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
  16. So Esau turned around and started back that day on his way to Seir.
  17. And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock, therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
  18. Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, after he came from Padan Aram, and he camped before the city.
  19. And he bought the parcel of land where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of silver.
  20. Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel, which means God, the God of Israel.