Genesis 33:12-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² Then ^[a]Esau said, “Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.” ¹³ But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are ^[b]a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die. ¹⁴ Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at ^(A)Seir.”

¹⁵ Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “^[c]What need is there? ^(B)Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” ¹⁶ So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. ¹⁷ Jacob journeyed to ^[d](C)Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.

Jacob Settles in Shechem

¹⁸ Now Jacob came safely to the city of ^(D)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from ^(E)Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. ^19 (F)He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred ^[e]pieces of money. ²⁰ Then he erected there an altar and called it ^[f]El-Elohe-Israel.