Бытие 33
1 Взглянул Иаков и увидел, и вот, идет Исав, брат его, и с ним четыреста человек. И разделил Иаков детей Лии, Рахили и двух служанок.
[Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
2 И поставил двух служанок и детей их впереди, Лию и детей ее за ними, а Рахиль и Иосифа позади.
He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 А сам пошел пред ними и поклонился до земли семь раз, подходя к брату своему.
He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
4 И побежал Исав к нему навстречу и обнял его, и пал на шею его и целовал его, и плакали оба.
But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
5 И взглянул Исав и увидел жен и детей и сказал: кто это у тебя? Иаков сказал: дети, которых Бог даровал рабу твоему.”
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
6 И подошли служанки и дети их и поклонились;
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 подошла и Лия и дети ее и поклонились; наконец подошли Иосиф и Рахиль и поклонились.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 И сказал Исав: для чего у тебя это множество, которое я встретил? И сказал Иаков: дабы рабу твоему приобрести благоволение в очах господина моего.
Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
9 Исав сказал: у меня много, брат мой; пусть будет твое у тебя.
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 Иаков сказал: нет, если я приобрел благоволение в очах твоих, прими дар мой от руки моей, ибо я увидел лице твое, как бы кто увидел лице Божие, и ты был благосклонен ко мне;
But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
11 прими благословение мое, которое я принес тебе, потому что Бог даровал мне, и есть у меня все. И упросил его, и тот взял
Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
12 и сказал: поднимемся и пойдем; и я пойду пред тобою.
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 Иаков сказал ему: господин мой знает, что дети нежны, а мелкий и крупный скот у меня дойный: если погнать его один день, то помрет весь скот;
Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
14 пусть господин мой пойдет впереди раба своего, а я пойду медленно, как пойдет скот, который предо мною, и как пойдут дети, и приду к господину моему в Сеир.
You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
15 Исав сказал: оставлю я с тобою несколько из людей, которые при мне. Иаков сказал: к чему это? только бы мне приобрести благоволение в очах господина моего!
Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
16 И возвратился Исав в тот же день путем своим в Сеир.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 А Иаков двинулся в Сокхоф, и построил себе дом, и для скота своего сделал шалаши. От сего он нарек имя месту: Сокхоф.
But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
18 Иаков, возвратившись из Месопотамии, благополучно пришел в город Сихем, который в земле Ханаанской, и расположился пред городом.
[Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
19 И купил часть поля, на котором раскинул шатер свой, у сынов Еммора, отца Сихемова, за сто монет.
One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
20 И поставил там жертвенник, и призвал имя Господа Бога Израилева.
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
