7. Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
8. So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession I met? ” “To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.
9. “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.
11. Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.” So Jacob urged him until he accepted.
12. Then Esau said, “Let’s move on, and I’ll go ahead of you.”
13. Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing sheep and cattle. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.
14. Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
15. Esau said, “Let me leave some of my people with you.”But he replied, “Why do that? Please indulge me, my lord.”