| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. | 1And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants. |
| 2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. | 2And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. |
| 3But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. | 3He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| 4Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. | 4But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. |
| 5When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.” | 5And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.” |
| 6Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. | 6Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down. |
| 7Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down. | 7Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. |
| 8“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered. | 8Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.” |
| 9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.” | 9But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” |
| 10But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably. | 10Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. |
| 11Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. | 11Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” Thus he urged him, and he took it. |
| 12Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” | 12Then Esau said, “Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” |
| 13But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die. | 13But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me. If they are driven hard for one day, all the flocks will die. |
| 14Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.” | 14Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.” |
| 15“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” | 15So Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” |
| 16So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, | 16So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. |
| 17but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth. | 17But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. |
| 18After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. | 18And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city. |
| 19And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. | 19And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. |
| 20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. | 20There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. |
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