Jacob Meets Esau

33 Then Jacob lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, ^(A)Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children ^[a]among Leah and Rachel and the two servant-women. ² And he put the servant-women and their children first, and Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph after them. ³ But he himself passed on ahead of them and ^(B)bowed down to the ground seven times, until he ^(C)came near to his brother.

⁴ Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and ^(D)fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. ⁵ And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, “^[b]Who are these with you?” And he said, “^(E)The children whom God has graciously given your servant.” ⁶ Then the servant-women came near ^[c]with their children, and they bowed down. ⁷ Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down. ⁸ And he said, “What do you mean by ^(F)all ^[d]these camps which I have met?” And he said, “^(G)To find favor in the sight of my lord.” ⁹ But Esau said, “^(H)I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.” ¹⁰ And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, ^[e]for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably. ¹¹ Please take my ^(I)blessing which has been brought to you, ^(J)because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have ^[f]everything.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

¹² Then ^[g]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 weak and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are ^[h]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 lead on slowly, 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 ^(K)Seir.”

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