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13 But 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. 14 Please 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 (shaggy).” 15 “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau (hairy) said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16 So that day Esau (hairy) started on his way back to Seir (shaggy), 17 but Jacob (he grasps the heel) went on to Succoth (booths), where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth. 18 After Jacob (he grasps the heel) had come from Paddan-aram (northwest Mesopotamia), he arrived safely at the city of Shechem (shoulder) in the land of Canaan (lowland), and he camped just outside the city. 19 And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor (he donkey), Shechem’s (shoulder) father, for a hundred pieces of silver \a hundred kesitahs/. 20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel (God is the God of Israel). Genesis 33:13-20, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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