15. So Esau said, “Let me leave some of my men with you.” “Why do that?” Jacob replied. “My lord has already been kind enough to me.”
16. So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir.
17. But Jacob traveled to Succoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Succoth.
18. After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.