Genesis 33Genesis33

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1. Jacob Meets Esau

2. 1BSBNow Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.KJVKJV: And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
3. 2BSBHe put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.KJVKJV: And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
4. 3BSBBut Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.KJVKJV: And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
5. 4BSBEsau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.KJVKJV: And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
6. 5BSBWhen Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”KJVKJV: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
7. 6BSBThen the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.KJVKJV: Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
8. 7BSBLeah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.KJVKJV: And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
9. 8BSB“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.KJVKJV: And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
10. 9BSB“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”KJVKJV: And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
11. 10BSBBut Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.KJVKJV: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
12. 11BSBPlease accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.KJVKJV: Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
13. 12BSBThen Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”KJVKJV: And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
14. 13BSBBut Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.KJVKJV: And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
15. 14BSBPlease let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”KJVKJV: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
16. 15BSB“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”KJVKJV: And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
17. 16BSBSo that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,KJVKJV: So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
18. 17BSBbut Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.KJVKJV: And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

19. Jacob Settles in Shechem

20. 18BSBAfter Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.KJVKJV: And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
21. 19BSBAnd the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.KJVKJV: And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
22. 20BSBThere he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.KJVKJV: And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.