Genesis 33
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:
Cuando Jacob alzando los ojos vio que venía Esaú, y con él cuatrocientos hombres, repartió los niños entre Lía y Raquel y las dos siervas,
2 and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
poniendo delante a las siervas con sus hijos, detrás a Lía con sus hijos, y a Raquel con José los postreros.
3 And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Él mismo se les adelantó y se postró en tierra siete veces, hasta que se hubo acercado a su hermano.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
Entonces Esaú corrió a su encuentro, le abrazó, se echó sobre su cuello y le besó; y lloraron.
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.
Alzando los ojos, vio (Esaú) a las mujeres y a los niños, y preguntó: “¿Quiénes son estos que tienes contigo?” Respondió: “Son los hijos que Dios ha dado a tu siervo.”
6 And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.
Y se acercaron las siervas, ellas y sus hijos, y se postraron.
7 And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.
Acercose también Lía con sus hijos, y se postraron; y después se acercaron José y Raquel, y se postraron.
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.
Preguntó entonces: “¿Qué significa toda esta caravana que acabo de encontrar?” A lo que respondió (Jacob): “Es para hallar gracia a los ojos de mi señor.”
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.
“Vivo en abundancia, hermano mío, contestó Esaú; sea para ti lo que es tuyo.”
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.
Pero Jacob replicó: “De ninguna manera. Si he hallado gracia a tus ojos, acepta mi presente de mi mano, por cuanto he visto tu rostro como quien ve el rostro de Dios, y me has mostrado tu benevolencia.
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].
Acepta, pues, mi bendición que te he traído; pues Dios me ha favorecido y tengo de todo.” Y le instó tanto que aceptó.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
Luego dijo (Esaú): “Partamos y pongámonos en marcha, y yo iré delante de ti.”
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.
Mas él respondió: “Mi señor sabe que los niños son tiernos, y que tengo ovejas y vacas preñadas; y si las arrean apresuradamente un solo día, morirá todo el ganado.
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.
Adelántese, pues, mi señor a su siervo, y yo seguiré lentamente, al paso de los rebaños que llevo delante, y al paso de los niños, hasta que llegue a mi señor, a Seír.”
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.
Respondió Esaú: “Dejaré entonces para ti parte de la gente que tengo conmigo.” Mas (Jacob) dijo: “¿Para qué esto? ¡Con tal que halle yo gracia a los ojos de mi señor!”
16 And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
Se volvió, pues, Esaú ese mismo día rumbo a Seír.
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.
Jacob marchó a Sucot, donde hizo una casa para sí, y cabañas para su ganado. Por donde se llamó aquel lugar Sucot.
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.
De vuelta de Mesopotamia llegó Jacob sano y salvo a la ciudad de Siquem, que está en el país de Canaán, y acampó frente a la ciudad.
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.
Y compró a los hijos de Hemor, padre de Siquem, por cien kesitas, la parte del campo donde había asentado su tienda.
20 And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Allí erigió un altar, y lo llamó El-Elohé- Israel.
