Genesis 33:12-17

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¹² Then Esau suggested, “Let’s set out and travel together, but let me go in front of you.”

¹³ “Sir, you know^[a] that the children are frail,” Jacob suggested, “and the ewes and cows with me are still nursing their young. If they’re driven even for a day, the entire flock will die. ¹⁴ So allow yourself to^[b] go ahead of your servant while I travel more slowly, letting the herds set their own pace^[c] with the children until I arrive to see my lord in Seir.”

¹⁵ Esau said, “Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.”

“Why do that?” Jacob asked. “I’ve already found favor in your sight, sir.”^{[d] 16} So Esau set out that very day back on his way to Seir, ¹⁷ but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth.^[e]