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Genesis 33
New International Version

### Jacob Meets Esau

33 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men;(A) so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.(B) 2 He put the female servants and their children(C) in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph(D) in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground(E) seven times(F) as he approached his brother.

4 But Esau(G) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(H) And they wept.(I) 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.

Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.(J)”

6 Then the female servants and their children(K) approached and bowed down.(L) 7 Next, Leah and her children(M) came and bowed down.(N) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(O) and they too bowed down.

8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(P)

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(Q) he said.

9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty,(R) my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes,(S) accept this gift(T) from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God,(U) now that you have received me favorably.(V) 11 Please accept the present(W) that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me(X) and I have all I need.”(Y) And because Jacob insisted,(Z) Esau accepted it.

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord(AA) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.(AB) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. 14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds(AC) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.(AD)”

15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”

“But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”(AE)

16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.(AF) 17 Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth,(AG) where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.[a]

18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,[b](AH) he arrived safely at the city of Shechem(AI) in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[c] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(AJ) the father of Shechem,(AK) the plot of ground(AL) where he pitched his tent.(AM) 20 There he set up an altar(AN) and called it El Elohe Israel.[d]

#### Footnotes

1. Genesis 33:17 Sukkoth means shelters.
2. Genesis 33:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
3. Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
4. Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.

#### Cross references

1. Genesis 33:1 : S Ge 32:6
2. Genesis 33:1 : S Ge 32:7
3. Genesis 33:2 : ver 6
4. Genesis 33:2 : S Ge 30:24
5. Genesis 33:3 : ver 6, 7; S Ge 17:3; 37:7-10; 42:6; 43:26; 44:14; 48:12; 1Sa 20:41
6. Genesis 33:3 : 2Ki 5:10, 14
7. Genesis 33:4 : S Ge 27:41-42
8. Genesis 33:4 : S Ge 29:11; Lk 15:20
9. Genesis 33:4 : S Ge 27:27
10. Genesis 33:5 : S Ge 18:3; Ge 48:9; Ps 127:3; Isa 8:18
11. Genesis 33:6 : ver 2
12. Genesis 33:6 : S ver 3
13. Genesis 33:7 : ver 2
14. Genesis 33:7 : S ver 3
15. Genesis 33:7 : S Ge 30:24
16. Genesis 33:8 : Ge 32:14-16
17. Genesis 33:8 : S Ge 24:9; S 32:5
18. Genesis 33:9 : ver 11; S Ge 13:6
19. Genesis 33:10 : S Ge 30:27; S 32:5
20. Genesis 33:10 : S Ge 32:13
21. Genesis 33:10 : S Ge 16:13
22. Genesis 33:10 : S Ge 32:20
23. Genesis 33:11 : 1Sa 25:27; 30:26
24. Genesis 33:11 : Ge 30:43
25. Genesis 33:11 : S ver 9
26. Genesis 33:11 : Ge 19:3
27. Genesis 33:13 : ver 8
28. Genesis 33:13 : Isa 40:11; Jer 31:8
29. Genesis 33:14 : Ex 12:38
30. Genesis 33:14 : S Ge 14:6
31. Genesis 33:15 : S Ge 32:5
32. Genesis 33:16 : S Ge 14:6
33. Genesis 33:17 : Jos 13:27; Jdg 8:5, 6, 8, 14-16; 1Ki 7:46; 2Ch 4:17; Ps 60:6; 108:7
34. Genesis 33:18 : S Ge 25:20
35. Genesis 33:18 : S Ge 12:6
36. Genesis 33:19 : Ge 34:2; Jdg 9:28; Ac 7:16
37. Genesis 33:19 : Ge 34:2; Jos 24:32
38. Genesis 33:19 : Ge 34:10, 16, 21; 47:27; Jn 4:5
39. Genesis 33:19 : S Ge 12:8
40. Genesis 33:20 : S Ge 4:26; S 8:20

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