1. Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
2. He put the female servants and their children in front, then Leah and her children next, and then Rachel and Joseph last.
3. He went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4. But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
5. When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he said, “Who are those with you?”Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
6. Then the female servants came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.
7. Leah also with her children came near and bowed themselves. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves.
8. Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company that I met?”Jacob answered, “These are to find favor in the sight of my lord.”
9. Esau said, “I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
10. Jacob said, “No, I pray you, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my gift from my hand. For I have seen your face, and it is as though I have seen the face of God, with you having received me favorably.
11. Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty.” So he urged him, and he took it.