1 A nd Jacob raised his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming and with him 400 men. So he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maids.

¶ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, Esau came and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah and unto Rachel and unto the two handmaids.

2 A nd he put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

And he put the handmaids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

3 T hen Jacob went over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.

4 B ut Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

5 l ooked up and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And replied, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.

¶ And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy slave.

6 T hen the maids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 A nd Leah also with her children came near, and they bowed themselves. After them Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they also bowed themselves.

8 E sau said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are that I might find favor in the sight of my lord.

And he said, What meanest thou by all these droves which I met? And he said, To find grace in the sight of my lord.

9 A nd Esau said, I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what thou hast unto thyself.

10 B ut Jacob replied, No, I beg of you, if now I have found favor in your sight, receive my gift that I am presenting; for truly to see your face is to me as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

And Jacob said, No, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present from my hand, that for this I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God; and do me the pleasure.

11 A ccept, I beg of you, my blessing and gift that I have brought to you; for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything. And he kept urging him and he accepted it.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee because God has dealt graciously with me, and all that is here is mine. And he urged him, and he took it.

12 T hen said, Let us get started on our journey, and I will go before you.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

13 B ut Jacob replied, You know, my lord, that the children are tender and delicate and need gentle care, and the flocks and herds with young are of concern to me; for if the men should overdrive them for a single day, the whole of the flocks would die.

And he said unto him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the sheep and cows with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them, in one day all the sheep will die.

14 L et my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on slowly, governed by the livestock that set the pace before me and the endurance of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass before his slave; and I will lead on softly, according as the property that goes before me and the children are able to endure until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

15 T hen Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. But said, What need is there for it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What for? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

16 S o Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir.

¶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

17 B ut Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths or places of shelter for his livestock; so the name of the place is called Succoth.

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 W hen Jacob came from Padan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and pitched his tents before the town.

And Jacob came safe and sound to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram, and pitched his tent before the city.

19 T hen he bought the piece of land on which he had encamped from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.

And he bought part of the field where he had spread his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred ewes.

20 T here he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

And there he erected an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel (the Strong God of Israel).