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Genesis 33
Jacob Meets Esau
Genesis 33:1
And Jacob
lifted up
his eyes
,
and looked
,
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
.
Genesis 33:2
And he put
the handmaids
and their children
foremost
,
and Leah
and her children
after
,
and Rachel
and Joseph
hindermost
.
Genesis 33:3
And he passed over
before them
,
and bowed himself
to the ground
seven
times
,
until he came near
to his brother
.
Genesis 33:4
And Esau
ran
to meet him
,
and embraced
him, and fell
on his neck
,
and kissed him
:
and they wept
.
Genesis 33:5
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
which God
hath graciously given
thy servant
.
Genesis 33:6
Then the handmaidens
came near
,
they and their children
,
and they bowed themselves
.
Genesis 33:7
And Leah
also with her children
came near
,
and bowed themselves
:
and after
came
Joseph
near
and Rachel
,
and they bowed
themselves.
Genesis 33:8
And he said
, What
meanest
thou by all this drove
which I met
?
And he said
,
These are
to find
grace
in the sight
of my lord
.
Genesis 33:9
And Esau
said
,
I have
enough
,
my brother
; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob
said
,
Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found
grace
in thy sight
,
then receive
my present
at my hand
:
for therefore I have seen
thy face
,
as though I had seen
the face
of God
,
and thou wast pleased with me
.
Genesis 33:11
Take
,
I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought
to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me
,
and because
I have
enough
.
And he urged
him, and he took
it
.
Genesis 33:12
And he said
,
Let us take our journey
,
and let us go
,
and I will go
before thee.
Genesis 33:13
And he said
unto him, My lord
knoweth
that the children
are
tender
,
and the flocks
and herds
with young
are
with me: and if men should overdrive
them one
day
,
all the flock
will die
.
Genesis 33:14
Let my lord
,
I pray thee, pass over
before
his servant
:
and I will lead on
softly
,
according as
the cattle
that goeth before me
and the children
be able to endure
,
until I come
unto my lord
unto Seir
.
Genesis 33:15
And Esau
said
,
Let me now leave
with thee
some
of the folk
that
are
with me. And he said
,
What
needeth it? let me find
grace
in the sight
of my lord
.
Genesis 33:16
¶
So Esau
returned
that day
on his way
unto Seir
.
Genesis 33:17
And Jacob
journeyed
to Succoth
,
and built
him an house
,
and made
booths
for his cattle
:
therefore the name
of the place
is called
Succoth
.
Jacob Settles in Shechem
Genesis 33:18
¶
And Jacob
came
to Shalem
,
a city
of Shechem
, which
is
in the land
of Canaan
,
when he came
from Padan-aram
;
and pitched his tent
before
the city
.
Genesis 33:19
And he bought
a parcel
of a field
,
where he had spread
his tent
,
at the hand
of the children
of Hamor
,
Shechem’s
father
,
for an hundred
pieces of money
.
Genesis 33:20
And he erected
there an altar
,
and called it
El-elohe-Israel
.