Esau Comes to Meet Jacob

32 So Jacob went on his way, and ^(A)the angels of God met him. ² When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s ^(B)camp.” And he called the name of that place ^[a]Mahanaim.

³ Then Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother ^(C)in the land of Seir, ^(D)the ^[b]country of Edom. ⁴ And he commanded them, saying, ^(E)“Speak thus to my lord Esau, ‘Thus your servant Jacob says: “I have dwelt with Laban and stayed there until now. ^5 (F)I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that ^(G)I may find favor in your sight.” ’ ”

⁶ Then the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and ^(H)he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.” ⁷ So Jacob was greatly afraid and ^(I)distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies. ⁸ And he said, “If Esau comes to the one company and ^[c]attacks it, then the other company which is left will escape.”

^9 (J)Then Jacob said, ^(K)“O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord ^(L)who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you’: ¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the ^(M)mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with ^(N)my staff, and now I have become two companies. ^11 (O)Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and ^[d]attack me and ^(P)the mother with the children. ¹² For ^(Q)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the ^(R)sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”

¹³ So he lodged there that same night, and took what ^[e]came to his hand as ^(S)a present for Esau his brother: ¹⁴ two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, ¹⁵ thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals. ¹⁶ Then he delivered them to the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put some distance between successive droves.” ¹⁷ And he commanded the first one, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going? Whose are these in front of you?’ ¹⁸ then you shall say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord Esau; and behold, he also is behind us.’ ” ¹⁹ So he commanded the second, the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, “In this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; ²⁰ and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will ^(T)appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.” ²¹ So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

Wrestling with God

²² And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, ^(U)and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. ²³ He took them, sent them ^[f]over the brook, and sent over what he had. ²⁴ Then Jacob was left alone; and ^(V)a Man wrestled with him until the ^[g]breaking of day. ²⁵ Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He ^[h]touched the socket of his hip; and ^(W)the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. ²⁶ And ^(X)He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”

But he said, ^(Y)“I will not let You go unless You bless me!”

²⁷ So He said to him, “What is your name?”

He said, “Jacob.”

²⁸ And He said, ^(Z)“Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but ^[i]Israel; for you have ^(AA)struggled with God and ^(AB)with men, and have prevailed.”

²⁹ Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.”

And He said, ^(AC)“Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He ^(AD)blessed him there.

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place ^[j]Peniel: “For ^(AE)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” ³¹ Just as he crossed over ^[k]Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip. ³² Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He ^[l]touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.

Jacob and Esau Meet

33 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, ^(AF)Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. ² And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. ³ Then he crossed over before them and ^(AG)bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

^4 (AH)But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, ^(AI)and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. ⁵ And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?”

So he said, “The children ^(AJ)whom God has graciously given your servant.” ⁶ Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. ⁷ And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.

⁸ Then Esau said, “What do you mean by ^(AK)all this company which I met?”

And he said, “These are ^(AL)to find favor in the sight of my lord.”

⁹ But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

¹⁰ And Jacob said, “No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I ^(AM)have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me. ¹¹ Please, take ^(AN)my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt ^(AO)graciously with me, and because I have ^[m]enough.” ^(AP)So he urged him, and he took it.

¹² Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”

¹³ But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die. ¹⁴ Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, ^[n]are able to endure, until I come to my lord ^(AQ)in Seir.”

¹⁵ And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.”

But he said, “What need is there? ^(AR)Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” ¹⁶ So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. ¹⁷ And Jacob journeyed to ^(AS)Succoth, built himself a house, and made ^[o]booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called ^[p]Succoth.

The Family of Esau^(A)

36 Now this is the genealogy of Esau, ^(B)who is Edom. ^2 (C)Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the ^(D)Hittite; ^(E)Aholibamah^[a] the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; ³ and ^(F)Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. ⁴ Now ^(G)Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel. ⁵ And ^[b]Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶ Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob. ^7 (H)For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and ^(I)the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. ⁸ So Esau dwelt in ^(J)Mount Seir. ^(K)Esau is Edom.

⁹ And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir. ¹⁰ These were the names of Esau’s sons: ^(L)Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. ¹¹ And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ^[c]Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

¹² Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore ^(M)Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

¹³ These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

¹⁴ These were the sons of ^[d]Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.

The Chiefs of Edom

¹⁵ These were the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn son of Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, ^16 [e]Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.

¹⁷ These were the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

¹⁸ And these were the sons of ^[f]Aholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs who descended from Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah. ¹⁹ These were the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.

The Sons of Seir

^20 (N)These were the sons of Seir ^(O)the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹ Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

²² And the sons of Lotan were Hori and ^[g]Hemam. Lotan’s sister was Timna.

²³ These were the sons of Shobal: ^[h]Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, ^[i]Shepho, and Onam.

²⁴ These were the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This was the Anah who found the ^[j]water in the wilderness as he pastured ^(P)the donkeys of his father Zibeon. ²⁵ These were the children of Anah: Dishon and ^[k]Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

²⁶ These were the sons of ^[l]Dishon: ^[m]Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷ These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and ^[n]Akan. ²⁸ These were the sons of Dishan: ^(Q)Uz and Aran.

²⁹ These were the chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah, ³⁰ Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

The Kings of Edom

^31 (R)Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel: ³² Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. ³³ And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. ³⁴ When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ³⁵ And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith. ³⁶ When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ³⁷ And when Samlah died, Saul of ^(S)Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place. ³⁸ When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ³⁹ And when Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, ^[o]Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was ^[p]Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

The Chiefs of Esau

⁴⁰ And these were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief ^[q]Alvah, Chief Jetheth, ⁴¹ Chief ^[r]Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, ⁴² Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar, ⁴³ Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. Esau was the father of ^[s]the Edomites.