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Genesis
Chapter
33
1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes,
and
looked, and, behold, Esau came,
and
with him four hundred men.
And
he divided the children unto Leah,
and
unto Rachel,
and
unto the two handmaids.
2
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,
and
Leah and her children after,
and
Rachel and Joseph in the rear.
{Note: Many of Jacob/Israel's problems have come and will continue to stem from the fact that he showed great partiality toward his wives and his individual children.}
3
And he passed over before them,
and
bowed himself 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 those with you?"
And
he {Jacob/Israel} said,
"The
children which 'Elohiym/Godhead
has
graciously given your servant."
6
Then the handmaidens came near,
they
and their children,
and
they bowed themselves.
7
And Leah also with her children came near,
and
bowed themselves.
And
after came Joseph near and Rachel,
and
they bowed themselves.
8
And he said,
"What
did you mean by all this drove which I met?"
And
he {Jacob/Israel} said,
"These
are to find grace in the sight of my lord."
9
And Esau said,
"I
have enough, my brother . . .
keep
that which you have unto yourself."
10
And Jacob said,
"No,
please/'I pray you',
if
now I have found grace in your sight,
then
receive my present at my hand . . .
for
therefore I have seen your face,
as
though I had seen the face of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
you were pleased with me. 11
Take,
please/'I pray you',
my
blessing that is brought to you . . .
because
'Elohiym/Godhead has dealt graciously with me,
and
because I have enough."
And
he {Jacob/Israel} urged him {Esau} . . .
and
he took it.
12
And he {Esau} said,
"Let
us take our journey,
and
let us go,
and
I will go before you."
13
And he {Jacob/Israel} said unto him {Esau},
"My
lord knows that the children are tender,
and
the flocks and herds with young are with me
and
if men should overdrive them one day,
all
the flock will die. 14
Let
my lord, please/'I pray you',
pass
over before his servant
and
I will lead on softly,
according
as the cattle that go before me
and
the children be able to endure,
until
I come unto my lord unto Seir."
15
And Esau said,
"Let
me now leave with you some of the kinsmen
who
are with me."
And he {Jacob/Israel} said, "What need is there of it?
Let me find grace in the sight of my lord."
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth,
and
built him an house,
and
made booths for his cattle.
Therefore
the name of the place is called Succoth
{name means 'booths'}.
18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,
which
is in the land of Canaan,
when
he came from Padanaram.
And pitched his tent before the city.
19
And he bought a parcel of a field,
where
he had spread his tent,
at
the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,
for
an hundred pieces of money.
20
And he erected there an altar,
and
called it El-Elohe-Israel
{'El 'elohey Yisra'el - name means 'the Mighty God of Israel'}.
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