{"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/web/genesis/33","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:56:23.587Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":33,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":32,"nextChapter":34,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, |Who are these with you?| He said, |The children whom God has graciously given your servant.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Esau said, |What do you mean by all this company which I met?| Jacob said, |To find favor in the sight of my lord.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Esau said, |I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Jacob said, |Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.| He urged him, and he took it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Esau said, |Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Jacob said to him, |My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Esau said, |Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me.| He said, |Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 33 (WEB)","markdown":"[Genesis 33](https://primebible.com/web/genesis/33)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/genesis/33 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}