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Genesis 33
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Genesis 33 . 1
1 Now 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.TOSKGenesis 33:1TTJacob (Transformed Supplanter)
Genesis 33 . 2
2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.TOSKGenesis 33:2
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3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.TOSKGenesis 33:3
Genesis 33 . 4
4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.IPActs 20:37TOSKGenesis 33:4
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5 When 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.”TOSKGenesis 33:5
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6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
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7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
Genesis 33 . 8
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.TOSKGenesis 33:8
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9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”TOSKGenesis 33:9
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10 But 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.TOSKGenesis 33:10
Genesis 33 . 11
11 Please 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.TOSKGenesis 33:11
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12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
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13 But 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.TOSKGenesis 33:13
Genesis 33 . 14
14 Please 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.”TOSKGenesis 33:14
Genesis 33 . 15
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.”TOSKGenesis 33:15
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16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,TOSKGenesis 33:16
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17 but 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.TOSKGenesis 33:17
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18 After 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.TOSKGenesis 33:18
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19 And 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.IPJohn 4:5TOSKGenesis 33:19
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20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.TOSKGenesis 33:20