Genesis 33:12-17

New International Version

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

¹³ But Jacob said to him, “My lord^(A) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.^(B) 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^(C) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.^(D)”

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.”^(E)

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