| Chapter
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. |
| 2 | And
he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children
after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. |
| 3 | And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the
ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| 4 | And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced
him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. |
| 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. |
| 6 | Then the handmaidens came near, they and
their children, and they bowed themselves. |
| 7 | And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed
themselves. |
| 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. |
| 9 | And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou
hast unto thyself. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 12 | And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go,
and I will go before thee. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 16 | So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. |
| 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. |
|
18 | And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the
land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the
city. |
| 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. |
| 20 | And he erected there an altar, and
called it EleloheIsrael. |
