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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/genesis/">Genesis</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/33.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/33.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/33.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/33.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/33.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/33.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/33.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jacob Meets Esau<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” <p class="reg"> Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. <p class="reg">“To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Please accept my gift<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> 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. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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.” <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. <p class="reg"> But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>but Jacob went on to Succoth,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth. <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Jacob Settles in Shechem<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/33-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>blessing</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>treaty of peace</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>Succoth</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>booths</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>shelters</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>tabernacles</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse.<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> That is, northwest Mesopotamia<br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Hebrew <i>a hundred kesitahs</i><span class="thin"> </span>; the value or weight of the kesitah is no longer known<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>El-Elohe-Israel</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>God is the God of Israel</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>mighty is the God of Israel</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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