Genesis 33
1 [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.
POI Giacobbe alzò gli occi, e riguardò; ed ecco Esaù veniva, [menando] seco quattrocent'uomini. Ed egli spartì i fanciulli [in tre schiere], sotto Lea, sotto Rachele, e sotto le due serve.
2 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.
E mise le serve e i lor figliuoli davanti; e Lea e i suoi figliuoli appresso; e Rachele e Giuseppe gli ultimi.
3 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.
Ed egli passò davanti a loro, e s'inchinò sette volte a terra, finchè fu presso al suo fratello.
4 But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
Ed Esaù gli corse incontro, e l'abbracciò, e gli si gittò al collo, e lo baciò; ed [amendue] piansero.
5 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.”
Ed [Esaù] alzò gli occhi, e vide quelle donne e que' fanciulli, e disse: Che ti [son] costoro? E Giacobbe disse: [Sono] i fanciulli che Iddio ha donati al tuo servitore.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
E le serve si accostarono, coi loro figliuoli, e s'inchinarono.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Poi Lea si accostò, co' suoi figliuoli, e s'inchinarono. Poi si accostò Giuseppe e Rachele, e si inchinarono.
8 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.”
Ed [Esaù] disse [a Giacobbe: ] Che vuoi far di tutta quell'oste che io ho scontrata? Ed egli disse: [Io l'ho mandata] per trovar grazia appo il mio signore.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Ed Esaù disse: Io ne ho assai, fratel mio; tienti per te ciò ch' [è] tuo.
10 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!
Ma Giacobbe disse: Deh! no; se ora io ho trovato grazia appo te, prendi dalla mia mano il mio presente; conciossiachè per ciò io abbia veduta la tua faccia, [il che mi è stato] come se avessi veduta la faccia di Dio; e tu mi hai gradito.
11 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.
Deh! prendi il mio presente che ti è stato condotto; perciocchè Iddio mi è stato liberal donatore, ed io ho di tutto. E gli fece forza, sì ch'egli lo prese.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Poi [Esaù] disse: Partiamoci, ed andiamocene; ed io ti accompagnerò.
13 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.
Ma [Giacobbe] gli disse: Ben riconosce il mio signore che questi fanciulli [son] teneri; ed io ho le mie pecore e le mie vacche pregne; e se sono spinte innanzi pure un giorno, tutta la greggia morrà.
14 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].”
Deh! passi il mio signore davanti al suo servitore, ed io mi condurrò pian piano, al passo di questo bestiame ch'[è] davanti a me, e di questi fanciulli, finchè io arrivi al mio signore in Seir.
15 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.”
Ed Esaù disse: Deh! lascia che io faccia restar teco della gente ch'[è] meco. Ma [Giacobbe] disse: Perchè questo? [lascia che] io ottenga [questa] grazia dal mio signore.
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Esaù adunque in quel dì se ne ritornò verso Seir, per lo suo cammino.
17 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’].
E Giacobbe partì, e venne in Succot, e si edificò una casa, e fece delle capanne per lo suo bestiame; perciò pose nome a quel luogo Succot.
18 [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.
Poi Giacobbe arrivò sano e salvo nella città di Sichem, nel paese di Canaan, tornando di Paddan-aram; e tese i suoi padiglioni davanti alla città.
19 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.
E comperò da' figliuoli d'Hemor, padre di Sichem, per cento pezze di moneta, la parte del campo, ove avea tesi i suoi padiglioni.
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
E rizzò un altare, e lo nominò Iddio, l'Iddio d'Israele.
