33When Jacob looked off in the distance, there was Esau! And he was coming toward him, accompanied by 400 men! So Jacob divided the children of Leah, Rachel, and the children of the two servants into separate groups.H3290H5375H5869H7200H6215H935H702H3967H376H2673H3206H3812H7354H8147H8198 2Then he positioned the women servants and their children first, then Leah and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph after them.H7760H8198H3206H7223H3812H3206H314H7354H3130H314 3Then he went out to meet Esau, passing in front of all of them, and prostrated himself to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.H5674H6440H7812H776H7651H6471H5066H251 4Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him. Then he fell on his neck and kissed him. And they wept.H6215H7323H7125H2263H5307H6677H5401H1058 5When Esau eventually looked around, he saw the women and the children. So he asked, "Who are these people with you?" "The children, whom God has graciously given your servant," he answered.H5375H5869H7200H802H3206H559H428H559H3206H430H2603H5650 6Then the women servants approached, accompanied by their children, and bowed low.H8198H5066H3206H7812 7Leah also approached, ands he and her children bowed low. Afterthis, Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed low.H3812H3206H5066H7812H310H5066H3130H5066H7354H7812 8Then Esau asked, "What are all these livestock for?" "To solicit favor from your eyes, my lord," Jacob answered.H559H4264H6298H559H4672H2580H5869H113 9But Esau replied, "I already have so much, my brother, so keep what belongs to you."H6215H559H3426H7227H251 10"Please," Jacob implored him, "don't refuse. If I'm to receive favor from you, then receive this gift from me, because seeing your face is like seeing the face of God, since you have favorably accepted me.H3290H559H4672H2580H5869H3947H4503H3027H7200H6440H7200H6440H430H7521 11So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough."Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau received the gifts.H3947H1293H935H430H2603H3605H3426H3605H6484H3947 12Then Esau suggested, "Let's set out and travel together, but let me go in front of you.H559H5265H3212H3212 13"My lord knows that the children are tender," Jacob added, "and the ewe and the cows with me are nursing their young. If they're driven even for a day, the entire flock will die.H559H113H3045H3206H7390H6629H1241H5763H1849H259H3117H6629H4191 14So let my lord go ahead of his servant while I travel gently, letting the herds set their own pace with the children until I arrive to see my lord in Seir." 33H113H5674H6440H5650H5095H328H7272H4399H6440H3206H7272H935H113H8165 15Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." "Why do that?" Jacob asked. "I've already found favor in your sight, my lord."H6215H559H3322H5971H559H4100H4672H2580H5869H113 16So Esau set out that very day back on his way to Seir,H6215H7725H3117H1870H8165 17but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some booths for his cattle. He named the place Succoth.H3290H5265H5523H1129H1004H6213H5521H4735H8034H4725H7121H5523 18After he had arrived safely from Paddan-Aram, Jacob entered the city of Shechem, which was located in the territory of Canaan, and encamped facing that city.H3290H935H8004H5892H7927H776H3667H935H6307H2583H6440H5892 19Then he bought a parcel of land for 100 pieces of silver from the descendants of Hamor, She chem's father. He pitched his tent there,H7069H2513H7704H5186H168H3027H1121H2544H7927H1H3967H7192 20set up an altar, and named it El-Elohe-Israel. 33H5324H4196H7121H415
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