33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes¹ and saw that Esau was coming,² and with him³ were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, and Rachel, and the two maidservants. 33:2 He put⁴ the maidservants and their children in front, and Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.⁵ 33:3 But he himself passed over before them, and he bowed himself low to the ground⁶ seven times as he drew near⁷ to his brother. 33:4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him; and they wept. 33:5 Then he lifted up his eyes⁸ and saw the women and the children, and he said, “Who are these with you?” And he said, “The children whom God has graciously given⁹ to your servant.” 33:6 Then the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. 33:7 Then Leah also drew near with her children and they bowed down. And after that Joseph and Rachel drew near and they bowed down.

33:8 And he said, “What did you intend¹⁰ by all these droves¹¹ that I met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

33:9 But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Let what belongs to you be yours.” 33:10 And Jacob said, “No, please. If I have found favor in your sight, accept¹² my gift from my hand; for it is because I have seen your face, which is¹³ like seeing the face of God¹⁴ now that¹⁵ you have accepted¹⁶ me. 33:11 Please take my present¹⁷ that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and because I have enough.¹⁸ And he pressed him, and so he took it.

33:12 And Esau said,¹⁹ “Let us be going,²⁰ and I will go in front of you.” 33:13 And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the sheep and cattle nursing their young are my responsibility;²¹ if they are driven too hard one day, all the animals will die.” 33:14 Let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will move along gently at the pace²² of the droves before me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”

33:15 Then Esau said, “Let me station²³ with you some of the people who are with me.” But Jacob asked,²⁴ “Why do that?²⁵ Let me find favor²⁶ in the sight of my lord.”

33:16 So on that day Esau made his way back²⁷ to Seir. 33:17 But Jacob²⁸ traveled to Succoth, and he built for himself a house and made stalls²⁹ for his livestock. That is why the name of the place was called³⁰ Sukkoth.

33:18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, after he came from Paddan Aram; and he camped near³¹ the city. 33:19 And he purchased the portion of the field on which he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money.³² 33:20 And there he set up³³ an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.³⁴