Genesis 33
1 And Jacob
aGr. looked up with.lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four
hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and
the two handmaidens. 2 And he put the
two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children
behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 But he advanced himself before them,
and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his
brother. 4 And Esau ran on to meet
him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both
wept. 5 And Esau looked up and saw the
women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The
children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
6 And the maid-servants and their
children drew near and did reverence.
7 And Lea and her children drew near
and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did
reverence. 8 And he said, What are
these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That
thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have much, my
brother; keep thine own. 10 And Jacob
said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands;
therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and
thou shalt be well-pleased with me.
11 Receive my blessings, which I have
brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he
constrained him, and he took them.
12 And he said, Let us depart, and
proceed right onward. 13 And he said
to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and
the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all
the cattle will die. 14 Let my lord
go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to
the ease of the journey before me, and according to the
bGr. foot.strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
15 And Esau said, I will leave with
thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough
that I have found favour before thee, my lord.
16 And Esau returned on that day on
his journey to Seir. 17 And Jacob
departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his
cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.
18 And Jacob came to Salem, a city of
Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia
of Syria, and
cOr, pitched his tent. Alex. παρενέβαλε, for which probably παρενέλαβε is
a mere mistake. So Bos and P. Junius thought.took up a position in front of the city.
19 And he bought the portion of the
field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred
lambs. 20 And he set up there an
altar, and called on the God of Israel.