Genesis 33:1-11 ▼

1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.

2 And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.

3 And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.

4 And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.

5 And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant.”

6 Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.

7 Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.

8 And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”

9 But he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be for yourself.”

10 And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me,

11 and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,