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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 33 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/33.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/33-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Genesis 33</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/32.htm" title="Genesis 32">◄</a> Genesis 33 <a href="../genesis/34.htm" title="Genesis 34">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Jacob Meets Esau</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.1" class="v0_33_1">1</span>Jacob saw Esau coming with his four hundred men, so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two concubines. </span><span class="v0_33_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.2" class="v0_33_2">2</span>He put the concubines and their children first, then Leah and her children, and finally Rachel and Joseph at the rear. </span><span class="v0_33_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.3" class="v0_33_3">3</span>Jacob went ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. </span><span class="v0_33_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.4" class="v0_33_4">4</span>But Esau ran to meet him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. They were both crying. </span><span class="v0_33_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.5" class="v0_33_5">5</span>When Esau looked around and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_5">“These, sir, are the children whom God has been good enough to give me,” Jacob answered. </span><span class="v0_33_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.6" class="v0_33_6">6</span>Then the concubines came up with their children and bowed down; </span><span class="v0_33_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.7" class="v0_33_7">7</span>then Leah and her children came, and last of all Joseph and Rachel came and bowed down.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.8" class="v0_33_8">8</span>Esau asked, “What about that other group I met? What did that mean?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_8">Jacob answered, “It was to gain your favor.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.9" class="v0_33_9">9</span>But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_10"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.10" class="v0_33_10">10</span>Jacob said, “No, please, if I have gained your favor, accept my gift. To see your face is for me like seeing the face of God, now that you have been so friendly to me. </span><span class="v0_33_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.11" class="v0_33_11">11</span>Please accept this gift which I have brought for you; God has been kind to me and given me everything I need.” Jacob kept on urging him until he accepted.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.12" class="v0_33_12">12</span>Esau said, “Let's get ready and leave. I will go ahead of you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.13" class="v0_33_13">13</span>Jacob answered, “You know that the children are weak, and I must think of the sheep and livestock with their young. If they are driven hard for even one day, the whole herd will die. </span><span class="v0_33_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.14" class="v0_33_14">14</span>Please go on ahead of me, and I will follow slowly, going as fast as I can with the livestock and the children until I catch up with you in Edom.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.15" class="v0_33_15">15</span>Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_15">But Jacob answered, “There is no need for that for I only want to gain your favor.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.33.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v0_33_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.16" class="v0_33_16">16</span>So that day Esau started on his way back to Edom. </span><span class="v0_33_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.17" class="v0_33_17">17</span>But Jacob went to Sukkoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Sukkoth.<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.33.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_33_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.18" class="v0_33_18">18</span>On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city. </span><span class="v0_33_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.19" class="v0_33_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.33.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. </span><span class="v0_33_20"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.33.20" class="v0_33_20">20</span>He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.15: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">for I only want to gain your favor; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">if it's all right with you.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">33.17: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Sukkoth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This name in Hebrew means “shelters.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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