1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last.3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children which God has graciously given your servant.6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.8 And he said, What mean you by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that you have to yourself.10 And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.11 Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.14 Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goes before me and the children be able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir.15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needs it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem' father, for an hundred pieces of money.20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

1 Levantou Jacó os olhos, e olhou, e eis que vinha Esaú, e quatrocentos homens com ele. Então repartiu os filhos entre Léia, e Raquel, e as duas servas.2 Pôs as servas e seus filhos na frente, Léia e seus filhos atrás destes, e Raquel e José por últimos.3 Mas ele mesmo passou adiante deles, e inclinou-se em terra sete vezes, até chegar perto de seu irmão.4 Então Esaú correu-lhe ao encontro, abraçou-o, lançou-se-lhe ao pescoço, e o beijou; e eles choraram.5 E levantando Esaú os olhos, viu as mulheres e os meninos, e perguntou: Quem são estes contigo? Respondeu-lhe Jacó: Os filhos que Deus bondosamente tem dado a teu servo.6 Então chegaram-se as servas, elas e seus filhos, e inclinaram-se.7 Chegaram-se também Léia e seus filhos, e inclinaram-se; depois chegaram-se José e Raquel e se inclinaram.8 Perguntou Esaú: Que queres dizer com todo este bando que tenho encontrado? Respondeu Jacó: Para achar graça aos olhos de meu senhor.9 Mas Esaú disse: Tenho bastante, meu irmão; seja teu o que tens.10 Replicou-lhe Jacó: Não, mas se agora tenho achado graça aos teus olhos, aceita o presente da minha mão; porquanto tenho visto o teu rosto, como se tivesse visto o rosto de Deus, e tu te agradaste de mim.11 Aceita, peço-te, o meu presente, que eu te trouxe; porque Deus tem sido bondoso para comigo, e porque tenho de tudo. E insistiu com ele, e ele o aceitou.12 Então Esaú disse: Ponhamo-nos a caminho e vamos; eu irei adiante de ti.13 Respondeu-lhe Jacó: Meu senhor sabe que estes filhos são tenros, e que tenho comigo ovelhas e vacas de leite; se forem obrigadas a caminhar demais por um só dia, todo o rebanho morrerá.14 Passe o meu senhor adiante de seu servo; e eu seguirei, conduzindo-os calmamente, conforme o passo do gado que está diante de mim, e conforme o passo dos meninos, até que chegue a meu senhor em Seir.15 Ao que disse Esaú: Permite ao menos que eu deixe contigo alguns da minha gente. Replicou Jacó: Para que? Basta que eu ache graça aos olhos de meu senhor.16 Assim tornou Esaú aquele dia pelo seu caminho em direção a Seir.17 Jacó, porém, partiu para Sucote, e edificou para si uma casa, e fez barracas para o seu gado; por isso o lugar se chama Sucote.18 Depois chegou Jacó em paz à cidade de Siquém, que está na terra de Canaã, quando veio de Padã-Arã; e armou a sua tenda diante da cidade.19 E comprou a parte do campo, em que estendera a sua tenda, dos filhos de Hamor, pai de Siquém, por cem peças de dinheiro.20 Então levantou ali um altar, e chamou-lhe o El-Eloé-Israel.