Genesis 33:9-18

New International Version

⁹ But Esau said, “I already have plenty,^(A) my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

¹⁰ “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes,^(B) accept this gift^(C) from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God,^(D) now that you have received me favorably.^{(E) 11} Please accept the present^(F) that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me^(G) and I have all I need.”^(H) And because Jacob insisted,^(I) Esau accepted it.

¹² Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

¹³ But Jacob said to him, “My lord^(J) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.^(K) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. ¹⁴ So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds^(L) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.^(M)”

¹⁵ Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”

“But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”^(N)

¹⁶ So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.^{(O) 17} Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth,^(P) where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.^[a]

¹⁸ After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,^[b](Q) he arrived safely at the city of Shechem^(R) in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.