Genesis 33
1 levans autem Iacob oculos suos vidit venientem Esau et cum eo quadringentos viros divisitque filios Liae et Rahel ambarumque famularum
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
2 et posuit utramque ancillam et liberos earum in principio Liam vero et filios eius in secundo loco Rahel autem et Ioseph novissimos
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 et ipse praegrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies donec adpropinquaret frater eius
But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.
4 currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo amplexatus est eum stringensque collum et osculans flevit
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
5 levatisque oculis vidit mulieres et parvulos earum et ait quid sibi volunt isti et si ad te pertinent respondit parvuli sunt quos donavit mihi Deus servo tuo
When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
6 et adpropinquantes ancillae et filii earum incurvati sunt
Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.
7 accessitque Lia cum liberis suis et cum similiter adorassent extremi Ioseph et Rahel adoraverunt
Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
8 quaenam sunt inquit istae turmae quas obvias habui respondit ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
9 et ille habeo ait plurima frater mi sint tua tibi
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
10 dixit Iacob noli ita obsecro sed si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis accipe munusculum de manibus meis sic enim vidi faciem tuam quasi viderim vultum Dei esto mihi propitius
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
11 et suscipe benedictionem quam adtuli tibi et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia vix fratre conpellente suscipiens
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
12 ait gradiamur simul eroque socius itineris tui
Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”
13 dixit Iacob nosti domine mi quod parvulos habeam teneros et oves ac boves fetas mecum quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare morientur una die cuncti greges
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
14 praecedat dominus meus ante servum suum et ego sequar paulatim vestigia eius sicut videro posse parvulos meos donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
15 respondit Esau oro te ut de populo qui mecum est saltem socii remaneant viae tuae non est inquit necesse hoc uno indigeo ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu domini mei
“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
16 reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir
So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
17 et Iacob venit in Soccoth ubi aedificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Soccoth id est Tabernacula
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
18 transivitque in Salem urbem Sycimorum quae est in terra Chanaan postquam regressus est de Mesopotamiam Syriae et habitavit iuxta oppidum
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
19 emitque partem agri in qua fixerat tabernaculum a filiis Emor patris Sychem centum agnis
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
20 et erecto ibi altari invocavit super illud Fortissimum Deum Israhel
There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
