1And 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 . 2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost , and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3And he himself passed over before them , and bowed himself to the ground seven times , until he came near to his brother. 4And Esau ran to meet him , and embraced him , and fell on his neck , and kissed him : and they wept .
The Encounter
5And 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 . 6Then the handmaids came near , they and their children , and they bowed themselves . 7And Leah also and her children came near , and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Rachel , and they bowed themselves . 8And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met ? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. 9And Esau said, I have enough , my brother; let that which thou hast be thine . 10And 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 . 11Take , 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 .
Settling in Shechem
12And he said, Let us take our journey , and let us go , and I will go before thee . 13And 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 . 14Let 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 . 15And 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. 16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir . 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth , and built him a house , and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called Succoth . 18And 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 . 19And 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 . 20And he erected there an altar , and called it El-Elohe-Israel.