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Genesis 33 · Preschool

Brothers Hug

Name Date

Color the two brothers hugging and the big heart. Esau forgave Jacob!

Can you find these in the picture? Circle each one!

Bible Verse

“Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.”

Genesis 33:4 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Ask: How do you make up after a fight? Practice saying I'm sorry and I forgive you.

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Genesis 33 · Kindergarten

Friends Again

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace each word with your pencil.

HUG
SORRY
LOVE
PEACE
So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

Genesis 33:16 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

BROTHERS
LOVE
ALTAR
SHEEP

Mini Maze

Help find the way through the maze.

Draw It

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who can you give a hug to today?
  • How can you make up with a friend?

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Genesis 33 · Grade 1

Making Peace

Name Date

Trace the Words

Trace the words and the verse.

ESAU
JACOB
FORGIVE
PEACE
Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

Genesis 33:4 (WEB)

Match the Pictures

Draw a line from each word to its picture.

Jacob bowed down
The brothers hugged
Jacob gave a gift
Jacob built an altar

Put the Story in Order

Write the number 1 to 4 in each circle to show the right order.

Esau ran to meet him

He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel

Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem

Jacob lifted up his eyes

Draw your favorite part of today’s story.

Memory Verse

“Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.”

Genesis 33:4 (WEB)

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who can you give a hug to today?
  • How can you make up with a friend?
  • How can you be kind again after a fight?

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Genesis 33 · Grade 2

A Happy Hug

Name Date

Read the Story

Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with 400 men. Jacob went in front of his family. He bowed down to the ground seven times.

But Esau ran to meet Jacob. He hugged him and kissed him, and they both cried. Esau was not angry anymore! God had changed Esau's heart.

Jacob gave Esau a present of many animals. Esau said, I have enough, my brother. But Jacob asked him to take it, and he did. Then the brothers went their own ways in peace. Jacob built an altar to God.

Memory Verse

“Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.”

Genesis 33:4 (WEB)

Show What You Know

Circle the right answer, or write it on the lines.

  1. How many men came with Esau?

    An altar to God400Seven times

  2. How many times did Jacob bow?

    An altar to GodSeven times400

  3. What did Esau do when he saw Jacob?

  4. What did Esau say about the present at first?

  5. What did Jacob build?

    An altar to GodSeven times400

Word Search

Find and circle each word. Words go across and down.

PGWNSAPADJNBHOIERRYMRWRAARCLTOIRLCTDMKTTYTELSEUHGEAYJHSOETBRNJEAHRWOLOVEUVSHHUGWP
  • BROTHERS
  • SORRY
  • PEACE
  • ALTAR
  • SHEEP
  • LOVE
  • ESAU
  • HUG

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you forgive someone who hurt you?
  • When can you be the one to start making peace?

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Genesis 33 · Grade 3

The Brothers Meet

Name Date

Read the Story

Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. He arranged his family, with Rachel and Joseph last. Jacob went ahead of them all and bowed to the ground seven times as he came near his brother.

Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, and kissed him, and they wept. Esau asked about the women and children, and Jacob said, The children whom God has graciously given your servant. Each group came and bowed.

Esau asked about all the animals. Jacob said they were a gift to find favor with him. Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Jacob urged him, saying, I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me. Esau accepted the gift. Esau went back to Seir. Jacob traveled to Succoth and then to Shechem, where he bought land and set up an altar called El-Elohe-Israel, meaning God, the God of Israel.

Memory Verse

“Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.”

Genesis 33:4 (WEB)

Answer the Questions

  1. How did Jacob approach Esau?

  2. How did Esau greet Jacob?

  3. How did Jacob describe his children?

  4. What did Jacob say seeing Esau's face was like?

  5. What does El-Elohe-Israel mean?

Story Order

Write what happened in each box.

1
2
3
4

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you forgive someone who hurt you?
  • When can you be the one to start making peace?

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Genesis 33 · Grade 4

Grace Between Brothers

Name Date

Read and Think

Jacob had been afraid of this moment for twenty years. He bowed seven times, showing humility. The old Jacob had pushed ahead of his brother; the new Israel humbled himself before him.

Esau's response was a surprise of grace. He ran, hugged and kissed his brother. God had answered Jacob's prayer by softening Esau's heart. In the New Testament, Jesus tells a parable about a father who ran to welcome his lost son (Luke 15:20), much like Esau's welcome.

Jacob urged Esau to take the gift, and Esau took it (33:11). He said, God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. Jacob named his altar El Elohe Israel (God, the God of Israel), using his new name. The God of his fathers was now truly his own God.

Show What You Know

  1. How did Jacob show humility?

  2. How did God answer Jacob's prayer from chapter 32?

  3. What parable of Jesus is Esau's welcome like?

  4. What does the name of Jacob's altar show?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

JacobEsaualtarGod
  1. had been afraid of this moment for twenty years.
  2. Jacob urged to take the gift, and Esau took it (33:11).
  3. He said, has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.
  4. Jacob named his El Elohe Israel (God, the God of Israel), using his new name.

Think About It

  1. Is there someone you need to make peace with? What first step could you take?

  2. Both brothers said I have enough. How can being content help you be generous?

Memory Verse

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

Genesis 33:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when it is hard to say sorry?
  • How can you show kindness to someone you argued with?

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Genesis 33 · Grade 5

Reconciliation

Name Date

Read and Think

Genesis 33 resolves the twenty-year conflict between Jacob and Esau. Jacob, still cautious, arranges his family by order of favor, which reveals that his household still has problems. Yet he no longer hides behind them. He goes ahead and bows seven times, a gesture of humble submission. The one who had received the blessing be lord over your brothers now calls himself Esau's servant.

Esau runs to embrace Jacob, falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep together. Whatever Esau had planned, God had changed his heart. Jacob's words are striking: I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God. Having just seen God's face at Peniel and been spared, he now sees grace in his brother's face. Reconciliation with God and reconciliation with others belong together (Matthew 5:23-24).

Jacob presses Esau to accept his gift, using the word blessing: Please take the gift that I brought to you. In a sense, Jacob was returning what he had taken. Jacob then declines to travel with Esau and settles near Shechem. He buys land, as Abraham did, and builds an altar to El-Elohe-Israel, claiming the God of Abraham and Isaac as his own God under his new name.

Show What You Know

  1. What does Jacob's arrangement of his family reveal?

  2. How did Jacob's humble bowing reverse the stolen blessing?

  3. What connection does Jacob draw between Peniel and Esau's face?

  4. Why might Jacob's word blessing for his gift be meaningful?

  5. How did Jacob show he claimed God as his own?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

JacobaltarEsauGod
  1. Genesis 33 resolves the twenty-year conflict between Jacob and .
  2. , still cautious, arranges his family by order of favor, which reveals that his household still has problems.
  3. Whatever Esau had planned, had changed his heart.
  4. He buys land, as Abraham did, and builds an to El-Elohe-Israel, claiming the God of Abraham and Isaac as his own God under his new name.

Think About It

  1. Matthew 5:23-24 links worship with making peace. Why does God care so much about how we treat others?

  2. What does it look like to make things right after you have wronged someone?

Memory Verse

Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.

Genesis 33:11 (WEB)

Copy It

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for today's Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What can you do when it is hard to say sorry?
  • How can you show kindness to someone you argued with?
  • How can you thank God when a hard meeting goes well?

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org. © 2026 The Daily Rooted. Free to print and copy for church and home use; not for resale. Original line art.