1 And Jacob * h3290 lifted up * h5375 h8799 his eyes * h5869, and looked * h7200 h8799, and, behold, Esau * h6215 came * h935 h8802, and with him four * h702 hundred * h3967 men * h376. And he divided * h2673 h8799 the children * h3206 unto Leah * h3812, and unto Rachel * h7354, and unto the two * h8147 handmaids * h8198.
2 And he put * h7760 h8799 the handmaids * h8198 and their children * h3206 foremost * h7223, and Leah * h3812 and her children * h3206 after * h314, and Rachel * h7354 and Joseph * h3130 hindermost * h314.
3 And he passed over * h5674 h8804 before them * h6440, and bowed himself * h7812 h8691 to the ground * h776 seven * h7651 times * h6471, until he came near * h5066 h8800 to his brother * h251.
4 And Esau * h6215 ran * h7323 h8799 to meet him * h7125 h8800, and embraced * h2263 h8762 him, and fell * h5307 h8799 on his neck * h6677, and kissed him * h5401 h8799: and they wept * h1058 h8799.
5 And he lifted up * h5375 h8799 his eyes * h5869, and saw * h7200 h8799 the women * h802 and the children * h3206; and said * h559 h8799, Who are those * h428 with thee? And he said * h559 h8799, The children * h3206 which God * h430 hath graciously given * h2603 h8804 thy servant * h5650. with...: Heb. to thee
6 Then the handmaidens * h8198 came near * h5066 h8799, they and their children * h3206, and they bowed themselves * h7812 h8691.
7 And Leah * h3812 also with her children * h3206 came near * h5066 h8799, and bowed themselves * h7812 h8691: and after * h310 came * h5066 Joseph * h3130 near * h5066 h8738 and Rachel * h7354, and they bowed * h7812 h8691 themselves.
8 And he said * h559 h8799, What meanest thou by all this drove * h4264 which I met * h6298 h8804? And he said * h559 h8799, These are to find * h4672 h8800 grace * h2580 in the sight * h5869 of my lord * h113. What...: Heb. What is all this band to thee?
9 And Esau * h6215 said * h559 h8799, I have * h3426 enough * h7227, my brother * h251; keep that thou hast unto thyself. keep...: Heb. be that to thee that is thine
10 And Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found * h4672 h8804 grace * h2580 in thy sight * h5869, then receive * h3947 h8804 my present * h4503 at my hand * h3027: for therefore I have seen * h7200 h8804 thy face * h6440, as though I had seen * h7200 h8800 the face * h6440 of God * h430, and thou wast pleased with me * h7521 h8799.
11 Take * h3947 h8798, I pray thee, my blessing * h1293 that is brought * h935 h8717 to thee; because God * h430 hath dealt graciously with me * h2603 h8804, and because * h3605 I have * h3426 enough * h3605. And he urged * h6484 h8799 him, and he took * h3947 h8799 it . enough: Heb. all things
12 And he said * h559 h8799, Let us take our journey * h5265 h8799, and let us go * h3212 h8799, and I will go * h3212 h8799 before thee.
13 And he said * h559 h8799 unto him, My lord * h113 knoweth * h3045 h8802 that the children * h3206 are tender * h7390, and the flocks * h6629 and herds * h1241 with young * h5763 h8802 are with me: and if men should overdrive * h1849 h8804 them one * h259 day * h3117, all the flock * h6629 will die * h4191 h8804.
14 Let my lord * h113, I pray thee, pass over * h5674 h8799 before * h6440 his servant * h5650: and I will lead on * h5095 h8691 softly * h328, according as * h7272 the cattle * h4399 that goeth before me * h6440 and the children * h3206 be able to endure * h7272, until I come * h935 h8799 unto my lord * h113 unto Seir * h8165. according...: Heb. according to the foot of the work, etc., and according to the foot of the children
15 And Esau * h6215 said * h559 h8799, Let me now leave * h3322 h8686 with thee some of the folk * h5971 that are with me. And he said * h559 h8799, What * h4100 needeth it? let me find * h4672 h8799 grace * h2580 in the sight * h5869 of my lord * h113. leave: Heb. set, or, place What...: Heb. Wherefore is this?
16 So Esau * h6215 returned * h7725 h8799 that day * h3117 on his way * h1870 unto Seir * h8165.
17 And Jacob * h3290 journeyed * h5265 h8804 to Succoth * h5523, and built * h1129 h8799 him an house * h1004, and made * h6213 h8804 booths * h5521 for his cattle * h4735: therefore the name * h8034 of the place * h4725 is called * h7121 h8804 Succoth * h5523. Succoth: that is, Booths
18 And Jacob * h3290 came * h935 h8799 to Shalem * h8004, a city * h5892 of Shechem * h7927, which is in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667, when he came * h935 h8800 from Padanaram * h6307; and pitched his tent * h2583 h8799 before * h6440 the city * h5892. Shechem: Gr. Sychem
19 And he bought * h7069 h8799 a parcel * h2513 of a field * h7704, where he had spread * h5186 h8804 his tent * h168, at the hand * h3027 of the children * h1121 of Hamor * h2544, Shechem's * h7927 father * h1, for an hundred * h3967 pieces of money * h7192. Hamor: Gr. Emmor pieces...: or, lambs
20 And he erected * h5324 h8686 there an altar * h4196, and called it * h7121 h8799 Elelohe-Israel * h415. Elelohe-Israel: that is God the God of Israel