nsb - Genesis:33

nsb@Genesis:33:1 @ Jacob saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. Therefore he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two concubines.

nsb@Genesis:33:2 @ He put the concubines and their children first, then Leah and her children, and finally Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

nsb@Genesis:33:3 @ Jacob went ahead of them. He bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

nsb@Genesis:33:4 @ Esau ran to meet him. He threw his arms around him, and kissed him. They both cried.

nsb@Genesis:33:5 @ Esau looked around and saw the women and the children. He asked: »Who are these people with you?« Jacob answered: »These are the children whom God has been good enough to give me.«

nsb@Genesis:33:6 @ Then the concubines came up with their children and bowed down.

nsb@Genesis:33:7 @ Leah and her children came next, and last of all Joseph and Rachel came and bowed down.

nsb@Genesis:33:8 @ Esau asked: »What about that other group I met? What do you mean by all this company?« Jacob answered: »It was to gain your favor.«

nsb@Genesis:33:9 @ »But, brother, I already have plenty,« Esau replied. »Keep them for yourself.«

nsb@Genesis:33:10 @ Jacob said: »Please accept these gifts as a sign of your friendship for me. When you welcomed me and I saw your face, it was like seeing the face of God.

nsb@Genesis:33:11 @ »Take my offering then, with my blessing. God has been very good to me and I have enough.« So at his strong request, he took it.

nsb@Genesis:33:12 @ Esau said: »Let us go on our journey together. I will go in front.«

nsb@Genesis:33:13 @ Jacob responded: »My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds that are nursing are a care to me. If they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.

nsb@Genesis:33:14 @ »Please let my lord pass on before his servant. I will proceed at my leisure, 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.«

nsb@Genesis:33:15 @ Esau said: »Please 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.«

nsb@Genesis:33:16 @ So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

nsb@Genesis:33:17 @ Jacob moved on to Succoth. He built a house there for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is named Succoth.

nsb@Genesis:33:18 @ Jacob traveled safely from Paddan-aram to the city of Shechem in Canaan. He camped within sight of the city.

nsb@Genesis:33:19 @ He bought the piece of land on which he pitched his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver.

nsb@Genesis:33:20 @ He set up an altar there and named it God, the God of Israel.