Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Now
Jacob looked
up and saw
Esau coming toward
him
with four hundred men. So
he divided the children among
Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants
.
And
Jacob lifted
up his
eyes,
and looked,
and,
behold,
Esau was
coming ,
and
with him
four hundred men. And
he divided the children unto
Leah, and
unto
Rachel, and unto
the two handmaids
.
He put the maidservants
and their children in
front
, Leah and her children next
, and Rachel and Joseph at
the
rear
.
And
he put the handmaids
and their children foremost
, and
Leah and her children after
, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost
.
But
Jacob
himself went
on
ahead
and bowed to the ground seven times as
he approached
his brother.
And
he
himself passed
over
before
them,
and bowed himself
to the ground seven times ,
until
he came
near
to
his brother.
Esau ,
however,
ran to him and embraced him, threw
his
arms
around
his neck, and kissed him .
And they both
wept.
And
Esau ran to meet
him ,
and embraced him, and
fell
on
his neck, and kissed him :
and they wept.
When
Esau
looked
up and saw the women and children ,
he
asked
, “
Who are these with you
? ”
Jacob
answered
, “These
are
the children God has
graciously given your
servant. ”
And
he
lifted
up his
eyes,
and saw the women and the
children ;
and
said
, Who are these with thee
? And
he
said
, The children whom
God hath
graciously given thy
servant.
Then the maidservants
and their children approached
and bowed down
.
Then the handmaids
came
near,
they
and their children ,
and they
bowed themselves
.
Leah and her children also
approached
and bowed down,
and then
Joseph and Rachel approached
and bowed down
.
And
Leah also
and her children came
near,
and bowed themselves:
and after
came
Joseph near
and Rachel ,
and they
bowed themselves
.
“
What do
you
mean
by sending
this whole
company to
meet
me
? ”
asked
Esau.
“
To find favor in your
sight ,
my lord ,”
Jacob
answered
.
And
he
said,
What meanest
thou
by all
this company which
I
met
? And
he
said,
To find favor in the
sight of
my lord.
“
I already
have plenty
, my brother ,”
Esau
replied.
“Keep
what
belongs
to
you
. ”
And
Esau
said,
I have enough
, my brother ;
let
that
which
thou
hast
be
thine
.
But
Jacob insisted
, “No
, please!
If I have found favor in your
sight, then receive this
gift
from
my hand .
For
indeed,
I have seen your
face, and
it
is
like
seeing
the face of God, since
you
have
received
me favorably
.
And
Jacob said
, Nay
, I
pray
thee,
if now
I have found favor in thy
sight, then receive my present
at
my
hand ;
forasmuch
as
I have seen thy
face, as
one
seeth
the face of God, and
thou
wast
pleased
with
me.
Please
accept
my gift that was
brought to you,
because God has
been
gracious
to
me and I have all
I
need
. ”
So
Jacob
pressed
him until
he accepted
.
Take,
I
pray
thee,
my gift 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
.
Then
Esau
said, “
Let us be
on
our way
, and I will go ahead
of
you
. ”
And
he
said, Let us take
our journey
, and let
us
go,
and
I will go before
thee
.
But
Jacob
replied
, “
My lord knows
that the children are frail
, and I
must
care
for
sheep
and
cattle
that are
nursing
their young .
If they are
driven
hard
for
even
a
day, all the animals
will die.
And
he
said
unto
him
, My lord knoweth
that the children are tender
, and that the
flocks
and
herds
with
me
have
their young :
and
if they overdrive
them
one
day, all the flocks
will die.
Please
let my lord go
ahead
of
his servant .
I will continue
on slowly
, at
a
comfortable
pace for
the livestock
and children, until I come to
my lord at
Seir. ”
Let my lord ,
I
pray
thee,
pass
over
before
his servant :
and
I will lead
on gently
, according
to
the
pace of
the cattle
that
are
before
me
and according
to
the
pace
of
the
children, until I come unto
my lord unto
Seir.
“
Let me leave some of my
people
with you,”
Esau
said
. But
Jacob
replied
, “Why
do
that
? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord. ”
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 favor in the sight of my lord.
So that day Esau
started
on his way back
to
Seir ,
So Esau
returned
that day on his way unto
Seir .
but
Jacob went
on
to Succoth, where
he
built a house for
himself
and shelters
for his livestock;
that
is
why
the place was
called Succoth.
And
Jacob journeyed
to Succoth, and
built him
a house ,
and made
booths
for his cattle:
therefore
the name
of
the
place is
called Succoth.
After
Jacob had
come
from
Paddan-aram,
he
arrived
safely
at
the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and
he camped
just
outside
the city.
And
Jacob came
in
peace
to
the city of Shechem ,
which
is
in the land of Canaan, when
he came
from
Paddan-aram;
and
encamped
before
the city.
And the plot
of ground where he pitched
his tent, he
purchased
from
the sons
of Hamor, Shechem’s
father, for a hundred pieces of silver
.
And he
bought
the parcel
of ground ,
where he had
spread
his tent, at
the hand
of the
children
of
Hamor, Shechem's
father, for a hundred pieces of money
.
There
he set
up
an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
And
he erected
there
an altar ,
and called it El-elohe-israel.
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