1 J acob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.

And 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.

2 H e put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

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

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

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

4 E sau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

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

5 H e lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

looked 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.

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

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

7 L eah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

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

8 E sau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Esau 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.

9 E sau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”

And Esau said, I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

10 J acob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

But 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.

11 P lease take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

Accept, 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.

12 E sau said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.”

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

13 J acob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

But 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.

14 P lease let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”

Let 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.

15 E sau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Then 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.

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

So Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir.

17 J acob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

But 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.

18 J acob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.

When 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.

19 H e bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.

Then 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.

20 H e erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.