Despite all of Jacob’s efforts to avoid it, Esau and his 400 men eventually caught up with him. Jacob took Leah and her children and put them in front of Rachel and her children, so that the ugly sister would be more likely to be killed first. A true gentleman, that Jacob.

Jacob went and bowed down before Esau, who immediately embraced him and began crying like a little girl. It turns out that despite Jacob’s tomfoolery, Esau had managed to make a pretty good living for himself in the dot-com craze, and wasn’t interested in exacting revenge anymore. Jacob insisted that Esau take his many bribes anyway, and so Esau got a little bit richer thanks to the guilty conscience of his brother.

Jacob then pauses here for a brief public service announcement about the importance of proper animal care. He says that you must not overdrive your flock if it includes baby cows or sheep or whatnot, because they’ll die. Thanks for the tip.

So with the usual “if you need anything, just call” spiel, Esau left Jacob to his own devices. Jacob began wandering again and came upon a land which he called Succoth, presumably because living there succothed. Later, he wandered some more and eventually bought some real estate and built an altar on it, as was his custom.