1 Mosebog 33
1 Da Jakob saa op, fik han Øje paa Esau, der kom fulgt af 400 Mand. Saa delte han Børnene mellem Lea, Rakel og de to Trælkvinder,
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 idet han stillede Trælkvinderne med deres Børn forrest, Lea med hendes Børn længere tilbage og bagest Rakel med Josef;
and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
3 selv gik han frem foran dem og kastede sig syv Gange til Jorden, før han nærmede sig sin Broder.
And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 Men Esau løb ham i Møde og omfavnede ham, faldt ham om Halsen og kyssede ham, og de græd;
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
5 og da han saa op og fik Øje paa Kvinderne og Børnene, sagde han: »Hvem er det, du har der?« Han svarede: »Det er de Børn, Gud naadig har givet din Træl.«
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 Saa nærmede Trælkvinderne sig med deres Børn og kastede sig til Jorden,
And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
7 derefter nærmede Lea sig med sine Børn og kastede sig til Jorden, og til sidst nærmede Josef og Rakel sig og kastede sig til Jorden.
And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.
8 Nu spurgte han: »Hvad vilde du med hele den Lejr, jeg traf paa?« Han svarede: »Finde Naade for min Herres Øjne!«
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 Men Esau sagde: »Jeg har nok, Broder; behold du, hvad dit er!«
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.
10 Da svarede Jakob: »Nej, hvis jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, saa tag imod min Gave! Da jeg saa dit Aasyn, var det jo som Guds Aasyn, og du har taget venligt imod mig!
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 Tag dog den Velsignelse, som er dig bragt, thi Gud har været mig naadig, og jeg har fuldt op!« Saaledes nødte han ham, til han tog det.
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 Derpaa sagde Esau: »Lad os nu bryde op og drage af Sted, og jeg vil drage foran dig!«
And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
13 Men Jakob svarede: »Min Herre ved jo, at jeg maa tage Hensyn til de spæde Børn og de Faar og Køer, som giver Die; overanstrenger jeg dem blot en eneste Dag, dør alt Smaakvæget.
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 Vil min Herre drage forud for sin Træl, kommer jeg efter i Ro og Mag, som det passer sig for Kvæget, jeg har med, og for Børnene, til jeg kommer til min Herre i Se'ir.«
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 Da sagde Esau: »Saa vil jeg i alt Fald lade nogle af mine Folk ledsage dig!« Men han svarede: »Hvorfor dog det — maatte jeg blot finde Naade for min Herres Øjne!«
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 Saa drog Esau samme Dag tilbage til Se'ir.
And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 Men Jakob brød op og drog til Sukkot, hvor han byggede sig et Hus og indrettede Hytter til sit Kvæg; derfor gav han Stedet Navnet Sukkot.
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 Og Jakob kom paa sin Vandring fra Paddan-Aram uskadt til Sikems By i Kana'ans Land og slog Lejr uden for Byen;
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 og han købte det Stykke Jord, hvor han havde rejst sit Telt, af Sikems Fader Hamors Sønner for 100 Kesita
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 og byggede der et Alter, som han kaldte: Gud, Israels Gud.
And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
