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| 1When Jacob looked off in the distance, there was Esau coming toward him, accompanied by 400 men! So Jacob divided Leah's children, Rachel, and the children of the two servants into separate groups. | 1And Jacob lifted up 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 female servants. |
| 2Then he positioned the women servants and their children first, then Leah and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph after them. | 2And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. |
| 3Then he went out to meet Esau, passing in front of all of them, and bowed low to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. | 3He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| 4Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him. Then he fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept. | 4But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. |
| 5When Esau eventually looked around, he saw the women and the children. "Who are these people with you?" he asked. "The children, whom God has graciously given your servant," he answered. | 5And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.” |
| 6Then the women servants approached, accompanied by their children, and bowed low. | 6Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. |
| 7Leah also approached, and she and her children bowed low. After this, Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed low. | 7Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. |
| 8Then Esau asked, "What are all these livestock for?" "To solicit favor from you, sir," Jacob answered. | 8Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” |
| 9But Esau replied, "I already have so much, my brother, so keep what belongs to you." | 9But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” |
| 10"Please," Jacob implored him, "don't refuse. If I'm to receive favor from you, then receive this gift from me, because seeing your face is like seeing the face of God, since you have favorably accepted me. | 10Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. |
| 11So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts. | 11Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it. |
| 12Then Esau suggested, "Let's set out and travel together, but let me go in front of you." | 12Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” |
| 13"Sir, you know that the children are frail," Jacob suggested, "and the ewes and cows with me are still nursing their young. If they're driven even for a day, the entire flock will die. | 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. |
| 14So allow yourself to go ahead of your servant while I travel more slowly, letting the herds set their own pace with the children until I arrive to see my lord in Seir." | 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 in Seir.” |
| 15Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." "Why do that?" Jacob asked. "I've already found favor in your sight, sir." | 15So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” |
| 16So Esau set out that very day back on his way to Seir, | 16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. |
| 17but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth. | 17But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. |
| 18After Jacob had arrived safely from Paddan-aram, he entered the city of Shechem, which was located in the territory of Canaan, and encamped facing that city. | 18And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. |
| 19Then he bought a parcel of land for 100 pieces of silver from the descendants of Hamor, Shechem's father. He pitched his tent there, | 19And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. |
| 20set up an altar, and named it El-elohe-israel. | 20There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. |
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