8. Then Esau asked, “Why did you send this whole group ⌊of people and animals⌋ I met?”He answered, “To win your favor, sir.”
9. Esau said, “I have enough. Keep what you have, Brother.”
10. Jacob said, “No, please take the gift I’m giving you, because I’ve seen your face as if I were seeing the face of God, and yet you welcomed me so warmly.
11. Please take the present I’ve brought you, because God has been gracious to me and has given me all that I need.” So Esau took it because Jacob insisted.
12. Then Esau said, “Let’s get ready to go, and I’ll go with you.”
13. Jacob said to him, “Sir, you know that the children are frail and that I have to take care of the flocks and cattle that are nursing their young. If they’re driven too hard for even one day, all the flocks will die.