4. But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept.
5. When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob replied, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
6. The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.
7. Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down.
8. Esau then asked, “What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
9. But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”
10. “No, please take them,” Jacob said. “If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.
11. Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.
12. Then Esau said, “Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”
13. But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.