Genesis 33
1 and to lift: look Jacob eye his and to see: see and behold Esau to come (in): come and with him four hundred man and to divide [obj] [the] youth upon Leah and upon Rachel and upon two [the] maidservant
[Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
2 and to set: put [obj] [the] maidservant and [obj] youth their first and [obj] Leah and youth her last and [obj] Rachel and [obj] Joseph last
He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 and he/she/it to pass to/for face: before their and to bow land: soil [to] seven beat till to approach: approach he till brother: male-sibling his
He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
4 and to run: run Esau to/for to encounter: meet him and to embrace him and to fall: fall upon (neck his *Q(k)*) and to kiss him and to weep
But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
5 and to lift: look [obj] eye his and to see: see [obj] [the] woman and [obj] [the] youth and to say who? these to/for you and to say [the] youth which be gracious God [obj] servant/slave your
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
6 and to approach: approach [the] maidservant they(fem.) and youth their and to bow
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 and to approach: approach also Leah and youth her and to bow and after to approach: approach Joseph and Rachel and to bow
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 and to say who? to/for you all [the] camp [the] this which to meet and to say to/for to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing lord my
Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
9 and to say Esau there to/for me many brother: male-sibling my to be to/for you which to/for you
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 and to say Jacob not please if please to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your and to take: recieve offering: gift my from hand my for as that: since as as to see: see face your like/as to see: see face God and to accept me
But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
11 to take: recieve please [obj] blessing my which to come (in): bring to/for you for be gracious me God and for there to/for me all and to press in/on/with him and to take: recieve
Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
12 and to say to set out and to go: journey and to go: went to/for before you
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 and to say to(wards) him lord my to know for [the] youth tender and [the] flock and [the] cattle to nurse upon me and to beat them day one and to die all [the] flock
Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
14 to pass please lord my to/for face: before servant/slave his and I (to guide *LBH(a)*) to/for softly my to/for foot [the] work which to/for face: before my and to/for foot [the] youth till which to come (in): come to(wards) lord my Seir [to]
You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
15 and to say Esau to set please with you from [the] people which with me and to say to/for what? this to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing lord my
Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
16 and to return: return in/on/with day [the] he/she/it Esau to/for way: road his Seir [to]
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 and Jacob to set out Succoth [to] and to build to/for him house: home and to/for livestock his to make booth upon so to call: call by name [the] place Succoth
But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
18 and to come (in): come Jacob complete city Shechem which in/on/with land: country/planet Canaan in/on/with to come (in): come he from Paddan (Paddan)-aram and to camp with face: before [the] city
[Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
19 and to buy [obj] portion [the] land: country which to stretch there tent his from hand: to son: child Hamor father Shechem in/on/with hundred coin
One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
20 and to stand there altar and to call: call to to/for him El (Elohe) (LORD)-Elohe Jacob
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
