So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession[a] I met?”(A)

“To find favor with you, my lord,”(B) he answered.

“I have enough, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what you have.”

10 But Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor with you, take this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing God’s face, since you have accepted me.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 33:8 Lit camp

Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(A)

“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(B) he said.

But Esau said, “I already have plenty,(C) my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes,(D) accept this gift(E) from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God,(F) now that you have received me favorably.(G)

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