Genesis 33

₁When Jacob looked, he saw Esau coming to him. There were 400 men with Esau. Jacob divided the children between Leah and Rachel and the 2 servant women. ₂He told the servant women and their children to walk in front. Leah and her children walked behind them and Rachel and Joseph were last. ₃Jacob walked before them and he bowed down low before he came to his brother. He did this 7 times. ₄Esau ran to him and hugged Jacob. He put his arms around Jacob's neck and kissed him, and they both cried.

₅Esau saw the women and children and he asked: ‘Who are these people with you?’ Jacob said: ‘These are the children that God has given me. God was very good to me.’

₆Then the servant women and their children came and they bowed before Esau. ₇Leah and her children also came after them and they bowed, and Joseph and Rachel came last and they bowed.

₈Then Esau asked Jacob: ‘Why did you give all those gifts to me?’ And Jacob said: ‘Sir, these are gifts so that you will be friendly to me, your servant.’ ₉And Esau said: ‘My brother, I have a lot of things. Keep your animals for yourself.’ ₁₀But Jacob said: ‘No, sir, if you want to be friendly to me, then please take my gifts because I gave them to you like a gift to God, and you were friendly to me. ₁₁Please take the gifts that I sent you because God was good to me, and I have everything that I need.’

Jacob continued saying this and then Esau took the gifts. ₁₂Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let us go further. I will go before you.’

₁₃But Jacob said to him: ‘Sir, you know the children with us are small and weak. I must also look after the sheep and cattle, and the lambs and calves that have to drink. They will die if I chase them too fast even for one day. ₁₄Sir, please go in front of me, then I will follow you slowly, as fast as the animals and the children can walk, until I come to you in the land of Seir.’

₁₅Then Esau said: ‘I will leave some of my men to stay with you.’

But Jacob said: ‘Why do you want to do that? Please believe me.’

₁₆Esau went back to the land of Seir on that day. ₁₇Jacob went to another place and he built a house there. He took branches and he built kraals for his sheep and goats. That is why he named the place Sukkoth.

₁₈Jacob went to the town of Shechem in Canaan and he got there safely. He went from Paddan-Aram to there and he put up his tents near the town. ₁₉Then he bought the land where he had put up his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father. He paid 100 pieces_of_silver for it. ₂₀Jacob built an altar there and he named it ‘Only the God of Israel is God.’