e-Ministries   
    by Jon Justvig   
    February 20, 2015   
      
    Issue #: 38   
      
    Let us open our Bible to Genesis chapter 33 starting in verse 1.   
      
    It's good to see you all here again and we're going to get back   
   into the bible.  It's been awhile, hopefully those that were here before are   
   still here and reading these articles.   
      
   Gen 33:1  And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,   
    Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the   
    children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.   
      
   Jacob was the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham of whom God had given   
   His promise and favor towards them and will make of them great leaders of   
   great nations.  Esau was his brother as we see here in Genesis and he had four   
   hundred men with him.   
       
   Gen 33:2  And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,   
    and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.    
   Gen 33:3  And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to   
    the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.    
      
   And now Esau draws near to his brother Jacob.   
      
   Gen 33:4  And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell   
    on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.    
   Gen 33:5  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the   
    children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The   
    children which God hath graciously given thy servant.    
   Gen 33:6  Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children,   
    and they bowed themselves.    
   Gen 33:7  And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed   
    themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed   
    themselves.    
   Gen 33:8  And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I   
    met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.    
   Gen 33:9  And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou   
    hast unto thyself.    
   Gen 33:10  And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found   
    grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for   
    therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of   
    God, and thou wast pleased with me.    
   Gen 33:11  Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee;   
    because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have   
    enough. And he urged him, and he took it.    
   Gen 33:12  And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go,   
    and I will go before thee.    
   Gen 33:13  And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children   
    are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and   
    if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.    
   Gen 33:14  Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant:   
    and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth   
    before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto   
    my lord unto Seir.    
   Gen 33:15  And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the   
    folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find   
    grace in the sight of my lord.    
   Gen 33:16  So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.  Gen 33:17  And   
   Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house,   
    and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is   
    called Succoth.    
   Gen 33:18  And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in   
    the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his   
    tent before the city.    
   Gen 33:19  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread   
    his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,   
    for an hundred pieces of money.    
   Gen 33:20  And he erected there an altar, and called it   
    Elelohe-Israel.    
      
   Thank you for taking time to read these scriptures and stay tuned for the next   
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