Genesis 33

¹Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.

²And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.

³And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.

⁴And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.

⁵And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant.”

⁶Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.

⁷Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.

⁸And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”

⁹But he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be for yourself.”

¹⁰And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me,

¹¹and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,

¹²he said, “Let us go on together, and I will accompany you on your journey.”

¹³And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.

¹⁴May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir.”

¹⁵Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.”

¹⁶And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.

¹⁷And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’

¹⁸And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.

¹⁹And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred lambs.

²⁰And erecting an altar there, he invoked upon it the most strong God of Israel.

Genesis 33

¹And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids.

²And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

³And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times, until his brother came near.

⁴Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

⁵And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.

⁶Then the handmaids and their children came near and bowed themselves.

⁷Lia also, with her children, came near and bowed down in like manner; and last of all, Joseph and Rachel bowed down.

⁸And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.

⁹But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

¹⁰And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favour in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,

¹¹And take the blessing which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him,

¹²And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.

¹³And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.

¹⁴May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.

¹⁵Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people, at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favour, my lord, in thy sight.

¹⁶So Esau returned that day, the way that he came, to Seir.

¹⁷And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.

¹⁸And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.

¹⁹And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem, for a hundred lambs.

²⁰And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.