Read Genesis 33.1-17
Jacob reconciles with Esau
In verse 10: Jacob's words link his encounter with God in ch. 32 with his encounter with Esau: To see your face is like seeing the face of God (see 32.30).
In verse 11: Jacob's offer of a gift ("berakah") to Esau in effect returns the "blessing" ("berakah") which Jacob had stolen from Esau twenty years earlier (27.36).
In verses 12-16: Although Jacob and Esau reconcile with one another, Jacob is still wary of his brother.
Jacob tries diplomatically to keep his distance between himself and Esau, although Esau wants them to stay together.
In verse 17 Succoth means "booths" and is a name of a town just across the Jordan River and east of Canaan (Josh 13.27).
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