Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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
.
Jacob lifted
up his
eyes,
and looked,
and,
behold,
Esau was
coming ,
and
with him
four hundred men. He divided the children between
Leah, Rachel, and to
the two handmaids
.
He put the maidservants
and their children in front, Leah and her children next
, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
He put the handmaids
and their children in front, Leah and her children after
, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
But
Jacob
himself went
on
ahead
and bowed to the ground seven times as
he approached
his brother.
He
himself passed
over
in
front
of
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.
Esau ran to meet
him ,
embraced him, fell
on
his neck, 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. ”
He
lifted
up his
eyes,
and saw the women and the
children ;
and
said
, "
Who are these with you? "
He
said
, "
The children whom
God has graciously given your servant. "
Then the maidservants
and
their children approached
and bowed down
.
Then the handmaids
came
near
with
their children ,
and they
bowed themselves
.
Leah and her children also
approached
and bowed down
, and
then
Joseph and
Rachel approached
and bowed down
.
Leah also
and her children came
near,
and bowed themselves.
After
them
, Joseph came
near
with
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
.
Esau
said,
"
What do you mean by all
this company which
I
met
? "
Jacob
said,
"
To find favor in the
sight of
my lord. "
“
I already
have plenty
, my brother ,”
Esau
replied.
“Keep
what
belongs
to
you. ”
Esau
said,
"
I have enough
, my brother ;
let
that
which
you have
be
yours
. "
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
.
Jacob said
, "Please,
no, if I have now
found favor in your sight, then receive my present
at
my
hand, because
I have seen your face, as
one
sees
the face of God, and
you were
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
.
Please take
the
gift that I
brought to you ;
because God has dealt
graciously
with
me ,
and because
I have enough
. "
He
urged
him ,
and
he took
it
.
Then
Esau said, “
Let us be
on
our way
, and I will go ahead
of
you. ”
Esau said, "
Let us take
our journey
, and let
us
go,
and
I will go before
you. "
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.
Jacob said
to
him
, "
My lord knows 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. ”
Please let my lord 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 to my lord to
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. ”
Esau
said,
"
Let me now
leave with
you
some of the
folk
who
are
with me
. "
He
said
, "
Why? 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 to 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.
Jacob traveled
to Succoth, built himself
a house ,
and made
shelters 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.
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
.
He
bought
the parcel
of ground ,
where he had
spread
his tent, at
the hand
of the
children
of
Hamor, Shechem's
father, for one
hundred pieces of money
.
There
he set
up
an altar and called it El -
Elohe -
Israel.
He erected
an altar there,
and called it El Elohe Israel.
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