Genesis 33 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jacob Meets Esau

Then Jacob^H3290 lifted^H5375 up^H5375 his eyes^H5869 and saw^H7200, and behold^H2009, Esau^H6215 was coming^H935, and four^H702 hundred^H3967 men^H376 with him. So he divided^H2673 the children^H3206 [fn]among^H5921 Leah^H3812 and Rachel^H7354 and the two^H8147 servant-women^H8198.

Gen 33:2

Gen 33:2And he put the servant-women and their children first, and Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph after them.

Gen 33:3

Gen 33:3But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

Gen 33:4

Then Esau^H6215 ran^H7323 to meet^H7122 him and embraced^H2263 him and fell^H5307 on his neck^H6677 and kissed^H5401 him, and they wept^H1058.

Gen 33:5

Gen 33:5And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, “[fn]Who are these with you?” And he said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”

Gen 33:6

Gen 33:6Then the servant-women came near [fn]with their children, and they bowed down.

Gen 33:7

Gen 33:7Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.

Gen 33:8

Gen 33:8And he said, “What do you mean by all [fn]these camps which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

Gen 33:9

Gen 33:9But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.”

Gen 33:10

Gen 33:10And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, [fn]for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

Gen 33:11

Gen 33:11“Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have [fn]everything.” Thus he urged him, and he took it.

Gen 33:12

Then [fn]Esau said^H559, “Let us take^H5265 our journey^H5265 and go^H1980, and I will go^H1980 before^H5048 you.”

Gen 33:13

Gen 33:13But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are [fn]a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.

Gen 33:14

Gen 33:14“Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, 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 at Seir.”

Gen 33:15

Then Esau^H6215 said^H559, “Please^H4994 let me leave^H3322 with you some^H4480 of the people^H5971 who^H834 are with me.” But he said^H559, “Why^H4100 do this? Let me find^H4672 favor^H2580 in the sight^H5869 of my lord^H113.”

Gen 33:16

Gen 33:16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

Gen 33:17

Gen 33:17But Jacob journeyed to [fn]Succoth and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth.

Jacob Camps in Shechem

Gen 33:18

Now Jacob^H3290 came^H935 safely^H8003 to the city^H5892 of Shechem^H7927, which^H834 is in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667, when he came^H935 from Paddan-aram^H6307, and he camped^H2583 before^H6440 the city^H5892.

Gen 33:19

Gen 33:19Then he bought a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred [fn]qesitah.

Gen 33:20