And Jacoblifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esaucame, and with him fourhundred men. And he divided the childrenuntoLeah, and untoRachel, and unto the two handmaids.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are thosewiththee? And he said, The childrenwhich God hathgraciouslygiven thy servant.
And Jacobsaid, Nay, I praythee, if now I havefoundgrace in thy sight, thenreceive my present at my hand: for therefore I haveseen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thouwastpleasedwith me.
Take, I praythee, my blessingthat is brought to thee; because God hathdealtgraciouslywith me, and because I haveenough. And he urged him, and he took it.
And he saidunto him, My lordknoweththat the children are tender, and the flocks and herdswithyoung are with me: and if men shouldoverdrivethem one day, all the flockwill die.
Let my lord, I praythee, passoverbefore his servant: and I willlead on softly, according as the cattlethatgoethbefore me and the children be able to endure, until I comeunto my lorduntoSeir.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’sfather, for an hundredpieces of money.