Genesis 33:8-20 ▼

8 And he said, “What is all this camp to you, that I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

9 And Esau said, “I have much, my brother. Let it be to you what is yours.”

10 And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your eyes, then you shall take my gift from my hand, for upon thus I have seen your face which is like seeing the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

11 Please, take, my blessing that is brought to you, because God has been gracious to me, and because I have all.” And he urged him, and he took it.

12 And he said, “Let us journey and go on, and I will go before you.”

13 And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flock and the cattle with me are nursing; and if they are driven hard one day, then all the flock will die.

14 Please, let my lord go on before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the work that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until that I come to my lord in Seir.”

15 And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” And he said, “Why this? Let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

16 And Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir.

17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built for himself a house, and for his livestock he made booths. Upon thus he called the name of the place Succoth.

18 And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram. And he pitched his tent before the city.

19 And he bought the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah.

20 And he erected there an altar, and he called it El-Elohe-Israel.