1 ¶ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.

2 And he put the handmaids and their children in the front, then Leah and her children, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

3 And he himself went on before them, and bowed to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

5 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children that God has graciously given your servant.

6 Then the handmaidens approached, they and their children, and they bowed down.

7 And Leah also came near with her children, and bowed down: and afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.

8 Then Esau asked, What do you mean by all these droves that I encountered? And Jacob answered, That I might find favor in the sight of my lord.

9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

10 And Jacob said, No, I pray thee, if I have now found grace in your sight, then receive this present from me: for truly to see your face is to me like seeing the face of God, and you are pleased with me.

11 Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he accepted it.

12 Then Esau said, Let us get started our journey, and I will go before you.

13 But Jacob said to him, My lord knows that the children are weak, and nursing lambs and livestock are with me: should they overdrive them for one day, the entire flock will die.

14 Let my lord go on before his servant: and I will move on slowly, according to the pace of the animals that go before me and the pace the children are able to endure, until I come to my lord at Seir.

15 So Esau said, Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me. And he replied, What need is there for it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

16 ¶ So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made places of shelter for his animals: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 And when Jacob came from Padanaram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan; and pitched his tent before the city.

19 Then he bought the piece of land, where he had spread his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

20 And he erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.