33Jacob saw Esau coming with his four hundred men, so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two concubines.H3290H5375H5869H7200H6215H935H702H3967H376H2673H3206H3812H7354H8147H81982He put the concubines and their children first, then Leah and her children, and finally Rachel and Joseph at the rear.H7760H8198H3206H7223H3812H3206H314H7354H3130H3143Jacob went ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.H5674H6440H7812H776H7651H6471H5066H2514But Esau ran to meet him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. They were both crying.H6215H7323H7125H2263H5307H6677H5401H10585When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" "These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me," Jacob answered.H5375H5869H7200H802H3206H559H428H559H3206H430H2603H56506Then the concubines came up with their children and bowed down;H8198H5066H3206H78127then Leah and her children came, and last of all Joseph and Rachel came and bowed down.H3812H3206H5066H7812H310H5066H3130H5066H7354H78128Esau asked, "What about that other group I met? What did that mean?" Jacob answered, "It was to gain your favor."H559H4264H6298H559H4672H2580H5869H1139But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have."H6215H559H3426H7227H25110Jacob said, "No, please, if I have gained your favor, accept my gift. To see your face is for me like seeing the face of God, now that you have been so friendly to me.H3290H559H4672H2580H5869H3947H4503H3027H7200H6440H7200H6440H430H752111Please accept this gift which I have brought for you; God has been kind to me and given me everything I need." Jacob kept on urging him until he accepted.H3947H1293H935H430H2603H3605H3426H3605H6484H394712Esau said, "Let's get ready and leave. I will go ahead of you."H559H5265H3212H321213Jacob answered, "You know that the children are weak, and I must think of the sheep and livestock with their young. If they are driven hard for even one day, the whole herd will die.H559H113H3045H3206H7390H6629H1241H5763H1849H259H3117H6629H419114Please go on ahead of me, and I will follow slowly, going as fast as I can with the livestock and the children until I catch up with you in Edom."H113H5674H6440H5650H5095H328H7272H4399H6440H3206H7272H935H113H816515Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you." But Jacob answered, "There is no need for that for I only want to gain your favor."H6215H559H3322H5971H559H4100H4672H2580H5869H11316So that day Esau started on his way back to Edom.H6215H7725H3117H1870H816517But Jacob went to Sukkoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Sukkoth.H3290H5265H5523H1129H1004H6213H5521H4735H8034H4725H7121H552318On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city.H3290H935H8004H5892H7927H776H3667H935H6307H2583H6440H589219He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.H7069H2513H7704H5186H168H3027H1121H2544H7927H1H3967H719220He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.H5324H4196H7121H415
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