7. Then Leah and her servants also came forward and bowed, and afterward Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed.
8. Esau said, "What’s the meaning of this entire group of animals that I met?"Jacob said, "To ask for my master’s kindness."
9. Esau said, "I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what’s yours."
10. Jacob said, "No, please, do me the kindness of accepting my gift. Seeing your face is like seeing God’s face, since you’ve accepted me so warmly.
11. Take this present that I’ve brought because God has been generous to me, and I have everything I need." So Jacob persuaded him, and he took it.
12. Esau said, "Let’s break camp and set out, and I’ll go with you."
13. But Jacob said to him, "My master knows that the children aren’t strong and that I am responsible for the nursing flocks and cattle. If I push them hard for even one day, all of the flocks will die.
14. My master, go on ahead of your servant, but I’ve got to take it easy, going only as fast as the animals in front of me and the children are able to go, until I meet you in Seir."
15. Esau said, "Let me leave some of my people with you."But Jacob said, "Why should you do this since my master has already been so kind to me?"
16. That day Esau returned on the road to Seir,