{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/33","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:28:46.851Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":33,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":32,"nextChapter":34,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favor in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me, "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him, "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 33 (DRB)","markdown":"[Genesis 33](https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/33)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/genesis/33 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}