Genesis 33:9–20

⁹“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

¹⁰But 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. ¹¹Please accept my gift^a 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.

¹²Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

¹³But 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. ¹⁴Please 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.”

¹⁶So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, ¹⁷but Jacob went on to Succoth,^b where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

¹⁸After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram,^c he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. ¹⁹And 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.^{d 20}There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.^e