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1 When 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. And 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. Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.
2 Then he positioned the women servants and their children first, then Leah and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph after them. And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
3 Then 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. He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4 Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him. Then he fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept. But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.
5 When 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. And 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.” Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
6 Then the women servants approached, accompanied by their children, and bowed low. Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down.
7 Leah also approached, and she and her children bowed low. After this, Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed low. Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
8 Then Esau asked, |What are all these livestock for?| |To solicit favor from you, sir,| Jacob answered. Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.
9 But Esau replied, |I already have so much, my brother, so keep what belongs to you.| But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” But Esau said, “I already have plenty, 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. Jacob 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. “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.
11 So 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. Please 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. Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
12 Then Esau suggested, |Let's set out and travel together, but let me go in front of you.| Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany 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. But 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. But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
14 So 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.| Let 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.” So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
15 Esau 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.| So 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.” Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
16 So Esau set out that very day back on his way to Seir, So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.
17 but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth. But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.
18 After 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. And 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. After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
19 Then he bought a parcel of land for 100 pieces of silver from the descendants of Hamor, Shechem's father. He pitched his tent there, And 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. For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.
20 set up an altar, and named it El-elohe-israel. There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
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