8. Esau said, “I saw many herds as I was coming here. Why did you bring them?”Jacob answered, “They were to please you, my master.”
9. But Esau said, “I already have enough, my brother. Keep what you have.”
10. Jacob said, “No! Please! If I have pleased you, then please accept the gift I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God because you have accepted me.
11. So I beg you to accept the gift I give you. God has been very good to me. And I have more than I need.” And because Jacob begged, Esau accepted the gift.
12. Then Esau said, “Let us get going. I will travel with you.”
13. But Jacob said to him, “My master, you know that the children are weak. And I must be careful with my flocks and their young ones. If I force them to go too far in one day, all the animals will die.
14. So, my master, you go on ahead of me, your servant. I will follow you slowly. I will let the animals and the children set the speed at which we travel. I will meet you, my master, in Edom.”
15. So Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”“No, thank you,” said Jacob. “I only want to please you, my master.”
16. So that day Esau started back to Edom.
17. But Jacob went to Succoth. There he built a house for himself. And he made shelters for his animals. That is why the place was named Succoth.
18. Jacob left Northwest Mesopotamia. And he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan. He camped east of the city.