1And Jacob looked, and Esau was approaching, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
2And he put the handmaids and their children in the front, then Leah and her children, and then Rachel and Joseph in the rearmost group.
3And he crossed over before them, and bowed to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him: and they wept.
5And Esau looked up, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” And Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant”.
6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after that came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8And he said, “What was the meaning of all this drove which I met?” And Jacob said, “These are to find grace in your sight, my lord”.
9And Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have to yourself.”
10And Jacob said, “No, please! If now I have found grace in your sight, then accept my present; for seeing your face, is as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
11Take, I pray you, my blessing that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” And he urged him, and he took it.
12And he (Esau) said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you”.
13And he (Jacob) said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if the men drive them in one day, all the flock will die.
14Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that go before me and the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
15And Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me”. And Jacob said, “What need is there? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord”.
16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made shelters for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called “Succoth”.
18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19And he bought a portion of a field, where he had spread his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
20And he erected there an altar, and called it “El-elohe-Israel”. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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