# Genesis 33

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[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. [2] He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. [3] But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. [4] Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. [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.” [6] Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. [7] Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down. [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. [9] “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.” [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. [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. [12] Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” [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. [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.” [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.” [16] So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, [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. [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. [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. [20] There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

## Places in this chapter

- **Canaan** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/canaan
- **Paddan-aram** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/paddan-aram
- **Succoth 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/succoth-1
- **Shechem** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shechem
- **Mount Seir 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-seir-1

## Each verse

- Genesis 33:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/1
- Genesis 33:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/2
- Genesis 33:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/3
- Genesis 33:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/4
- Genesis 33:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/5
- Genesis 33:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/6
- Genesis 33:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/7
- Genesis 33:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/8
- Genesis 33:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/9
- Genesis 33:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/10
- Genesis 33:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/11
- Genesis 33:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/12
- Genesis 33:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/13
- Genesis 33:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/14
- Genesis 33:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/15
- Genesis 33:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/16
- Genesis 33:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/17
- Genesis 33:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/18
- Genesis 33:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/19
- Genesis 33:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/33/20