1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids. Compare verse1 commentary
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. Compare verse
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Compare verse1 commentary
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children which God has graciously given your servant. Compare verse
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. Compare verse
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. Compare verse
8 And he said, What mean you by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. Compare verse
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that you have to yourself. Compare verse
10 And Jacob said, No, 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 God, and you were pleased with me. Compare verse
11 Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. Compare verse
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you. Compare verse
13 And he said to him, 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. Compare verse
14 Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goes before me and the children be able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir. Compare verse
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needs it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. Compare verse
16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. Compare verse
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse1 commentary
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. Compare verse
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Compare verse