# Genesis 33

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/33

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
2. He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
3. He himself went on ahead of them and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4. But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him. He threw his arms around his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
5. When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “The children God has graciously given your servant.”
6. Then the servants came forward with their children and bowed down.
7. Leah also came forward with her children, and they bowed down. Last of all Joseph and Rachel came forward, and they bowed down.
8. Esau asked, “What did you mean by all this company I met?” Jacob answered, “To find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
9. But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
10. Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from my hand. For seeing your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me so kindly.
11. Please accept my gift that has been brought to you, because God has been gracious to me, and I have everything I need.” Because Jacob urged him, he accepted it.
12. Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way. I will go alongside you.”
13. But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I have to take care of the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even one day, all the flocks will die.
14. Please let my lord go on ahead of his servant, and I will move along slowly at the pace of the livestock in front of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
15. Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my people with you.” But Jacob said, “Why do that? Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”
16. So that day Esau started back on his way to Seir.
17. But Jacob traveled to Succoth, where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.
18. After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and camped within sight of the city.
19. For a hundred kesitahs he bought from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, the plot of ground where he had pitched his tent.
20. There he set up an altar and called it El, the God of Israel.

## Nearby chapters

[Genesis 32](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/32.md)
[Genesis 34](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/34.md)

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