33:1 Jacob looked up 1 and saw that Esau was coming 2 along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants. 33:2 He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them. 3 33:3 But Jacob 4 himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached 5 his brother. 33:4 But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept. 33:5 When Esau 6 looked up 7 and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob 8 replied, “The children whom God has graciously given 9 your servant.” 33:6 The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down. 10 33:7 Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.
33:8 Esau 11 then asked, “What did you intend 12 by sending all these herds to meet me?” 13 Jacob 14 replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.” 33:9 But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.” 33:10 “No, please take them,” Jacob said. 15 “If I have found favor in your sight, accept 16 my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, 17 it is as if I have seen the face of God. 18 33:11 Please take my present 19 that was brought to you, for God has been generous 20 to me and I have all I need.” 21 When Jacob urged him, he took it. 22
33:12 Then Esau 23 said, “Let’s be on our way! 24 I will go in front of you.” 33:13 But Jacob 25 said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, 26 and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. 27 If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die. 33:14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, 28 until I come to my lord at Seir.”
33:15 So Esau said, “Let me leave some of my men with you.” 29 “Why do that?” Jacob replied. 30 “My lord has already been kind enough to me.” 31
33:16 So that same day Esau made his way back 32 to Seir. 33:17 But 33 Jacob traveled to Succoth 34 where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called 35 Succoth. 36
33:18 After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near 37 the city. 33:19 Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it 38 from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money. 39 33:20 There he set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.” 40
6:1 When humankind 41 began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born 42 to them, 43
15:12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, 44 and great terror overwhelmed him. 45
15:2 But Abram said, “O sovereign Lord, 46 what will you give me since 47 I continue to be 48 childless, and my heir 49 is 50 Eliezer of Damascus?” 51
1:1 From Paul, 52 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 1:2 to the saints, the faithful 53 brothers and sisters 54 in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you 55 from God our Father! 56
1:3 We always 57 give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 1:4 since 58 we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints. 1:5 Your faith and love have arisen 59 from the hope laid up 60 for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 61 1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel 62 is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing 63 among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth. 1:7 You learned the gospel 64 from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave 65 – a 66 faithful minister of Christ on our 67 behalf –