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11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].

12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.

13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.

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11 Please accept the present(A) that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me(B) and I have all I need.”(C) And because Jacob insisted,(D) Esau accepted it.

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”

13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord(E) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.(F) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.

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