1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:
2 and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
3 And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth 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 these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant.
6 And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
7 And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.
8 And he said, What {meanest} thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.
10 And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took {it}.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
13 And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee {some} of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.
16 And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.
18 And Jacob came safely {to the} city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.
19 And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.
20 And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
1 Kui Jaakob oma silmad üles tõstis ja vaatas, ennäe, siis tuli Eesav ja ühes temaga nelisada meest! Ta jaotas nüüd lapsed Lea ja Raaheli ja mõlemate ümmardajate vahel,
2 seadis ümmardajad ja nende lapsed ette, Lea ja tema lapsed nende järele, Raaheli ja Joosepi viimseiks.
3 Ta ise aga läks nende eel ja kummardas seitse korda maani, kuni ta jõudis oma venna juurde.
4 Aga Eesav jooksis temale vastu ja süleles teda, langes temale kaela ja suudles teda; ja nad nutsid.
5 Siis ta tõstis oma silmad üles ja nägi naisi ja lapsi, ja ta küsis: „Kes need sul on?" Ja tema vastas: „Need on lapsed, keda Jumal su sulasele armulikult on andnud!"
6 Ka ümmardajad astusid ligi, nemad ise ja nende lapsed, ja nad kummardasid.
7 Siis astus ligi ka Lea ühes oma lastega ja nad kummardasid; lõppeks astusid ligi Joosep ja Raahel ja kummardasid.
8 Siis ta küsis: „Mida sa kavatsed kogu selle leeriga, keda ma kohtasin?" Ja tema vastas: „Oma isanda silmis armu leida!"
9 Aga Eesav ütles: „Mul eneselgi on küllalt, mu vend! Jäägu sulle, mis sul on!"
10 Kuid Jaakob vastas: „Sugugi mitte! Kui ma nüüd su silmis olen armu leidnud, siis võta mu kingitus minult vastu! Sest ma olen ju tohtinud näha su palet, otsekui näeks Jumala palet, ja sa oled olnud mu vastu lahke!
11 Võta nüüd minu tervituskink, mis sulle toodi, sest Jumal on olnud mu vastu armuline ja mul on kõike küllalt!" Ja ta käis temale peale, kuni ta võttis.
12 Siis ütles Eesav: „Hakkame liikuma ja lähme, ja mina käin sinuga rinnu!"
13 Aga Jaakob vastas temale: „Mu isand näeb ju, et lapsed on väetid ja minu hooleks on imetajad pudulojused ja lehmad; kui neid liiga kiiresti aetakse ühegi päeva, siis sureb kogu kari.
14 Mingu aga mu isand oma sulase eel ja mina liigun pikkamisi oma ees käiva karja kannul ja laste kannul, kuni ma jõuan oma isanda juurde Seiri."
15 Eesav ütles: „Ma jätan siis sinu juurde osa rahvast, kes ühes minuga on!" Aga tema vastas: „Mispärast nõnda? Kui ma ainult oma isanda silmis armu leiaksin!"
16 Ja Eesav läks selsamal päeval oma teed tagasi Seiri.
17 Aga Jaakob liikus Sukkotti, ehitas enesele koja ja tegi oma karjadele lehtkatused; seepärast pandi sellele paigale nimeks Sukkot.
18 Ja Jaakob jõudis Mesopotaamiast tulles õnnelikult Sekemi linna, mis on Kaananimaal, ja lõi linna ees leeri üles.
19 Ta ostis selle väljaosa, kuhu ta oma telgi oli üles löönud, Sekemi isa Hamori lastelt saja rahatüki eest.
20 Ja ta püstitas sinna altari ning pani sellele nimeks: „Jumal, Iisraeli Jumal!"