Genesis 33

Question 1

Genesis 33:1

Answer 1

Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants.

Question 2

Genesis 33:2

Answer 2

He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

Question 3

Genesis 33:3

Answer 3

He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

Question 4

Genesis 33:4

Answer 4

But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

Question 5

Genesis 33:5

Answer 5

Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

Question 6

Genesis 33:6

Answer 6

Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

Question 7

Genesis 33:7

Answer 7

Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.

Question 8

Genesis 33:8

Answer 8

Esau asked, “What do you mean by all these droves I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

Question 9

Genesis 33:9

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Genesis 33:10

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Genesis 33:11

Answer 11

Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.

Question 12

Genesis 33:12

Answer 12

Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

Question 13

Genesis 33:13

Answer 13

But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

Question 14

Genesis 33:14

Answer 14

So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me and that of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

Question 15

Genesis 33:15

Answer 15

Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

Question 16

Genesis 33:16

Answer 16

So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.

Question 17

Genesis 33:17

Answer 17

Jacob, however, went to Succoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Succoth.

Question 18

Genesis 33:18

Answer 18

After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.

Question 19

Genesis 33:19

Answer 19

For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.

Question 20

Genesis 33:20

Answer 20

There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.