33Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants.H3290H5375H5869H7200H6215H935H702H3967H376H2673H3206H3812H7354H8147H81982He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.H7760H8198H3206H7223H3812H3206H314H7354H3130H3143He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.H5674H6440H7812H776H7651H6471H5066H2514But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.H6215H7323H7125H2263H5307H6677H5401H10585Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. "Who are these with you?" he asked. Jacob answered, "They are the children God has graciously given your servant."H5375H5869H7200H802H3206H559H428H559H3206H430H2603H56506Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.H8198H5066H3206H78127Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.H3812H3206H5066H7812H310H5066H3130H5066H7354H78128Esau asked, "What do you mean by all these droves I met?" "To find favor in your eyes, my lord," he said.H559H4264H6298H559H4672H2580H5869H1139But Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself."H6215H559H3426H7227H25110"No, please!" said Jacob. "If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.H3290H559H4672H2580H5869H3947H4503H3027H7200H6440H7200H6440H430H752111Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need." And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.H3947H1293H935H430H2603H3605H3426H3605H6484H394712Then Esau said, "Let us be on our way; I'll accompany you."H559H5265H3212H321213But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.H559H113H3045H3206H7390H6629H1241H5763H1849H259H3117H6629H419114So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir."H113H5674H6440H5650H5095H328H7272H4399H6440H3206H7272H935H113H816515Esau said, "Then let me leave some of my men with you." "But why do that?" Jacob asked. "Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord."H6215H559H3322H5971H559H4100H4672H2580H5869H11316So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.H6215H7725H3117H1870H816517Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.H3290H5265H5523H1129H1004H6213H5521H4735H8034H4725H7121H552318After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.H3290H935H8004H5892H7927H776H3667H935H6307H2583H6440H589219For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.H7069H2513H7704H5186H168H3027H1121H2544H7927H1H3967H719220There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.H5324H4196H7121H415