Genesis 33
1 [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.
Jacob levantou os olhos e olhou, e eis que Esaú estava chegando, e com ele quatrocentos homens. Ele dividiu as crianças entre Leah, Raquel e os dois criados.
2 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.
Ele colocou os servos e seus filhos na frente, Leah e seus filhos depois, e Rachel e Joseph atrás.
3 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.
Ele mesmo passou na frente deles, e se curvou ao chão sete vezes, até chegar perto de seu irmão.
4 But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
Esaú correu para encontrá-lo, abraçou-o, caiu em seu pescoço, beijou-o e eles choraram.
5 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.”
Ele levantou os olhos e viu as mulheres e as crianças; e disse: “Quem são estes com você?”. Ele disse: “As crianças que Deus graciosamente deu a seu servo”.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
Então os servos se aproximaram com seus filhos, e eles se curvaram.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Leah também e seus filhos se aproximaram, e se curvaram. Depois deles, José se aproximou com Raquel, e eles se curvaram.
8 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.”
Esau disse: “O que você quer dizer com toda essa empresa que eu conheci?” Jacob disse: “Para encontrar um favor aos olhos de meu senhor”.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Esau disse: “Já tenho o suficiente, meu irmão; que aquilo que você tem seja seu”.
10 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!
Jacob disse: “Por favor, não, se eu agora encontrei favor em sua visão, então receba meu presente em minhas mãos, porque eu vi seu rosto, como se vê o rosto de Deus, e você ficou satisfeito comigo.
11 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.
Por favor, aceite o presente que lhe trouxe, porque Deus tratou-me com bondade, e porque tenho o suficiente”. Ele o exortou, e ele o aceitou.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Esau disse: “Vamos fazer nossa viagem, e vamos, e eu irei antes de você”.
13 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.
Jacob disse-lhe: “Meu senhor sabe que as crianças são tenras, e que os rebanhos e rebanhos comigo têm seus filhotes, e se um dia eles os superarem, todos os rebanhos morrerão.
14 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].”
Por favor, deixe meu senhor passar diante de seu servo, e eu seguirei suavemente, de acordo com o ritmo do gado que está diante de mim e de acordo com o ritmo das crianças, até que eu chegue a meu senhor para Seir”.
15 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.”
Esau disse: “Deixe-me agora deixar com você algumas das pessoas que estão comigo”. Ele disse: “Por quê? Deixe-me encontrar um favor aos olhos de meu senhor”.
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Então Esau retornou naquele dia a caminho de Seir.
17 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’].
Jacob viajou para Succoth, construiu ele mesmo uma casa e fez abrigos para seu gado. Portanto, o nome do lugar é chamado Succoth.
18 [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.
Jacob veio em paz para a cidade de Shechem, que fica na terra de Canaã, quando veio de Paddan Aram; e acampou diante da cidade.
19 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.
Ele comprou a parcela de terreno onde havia estendido sua tenda, nas mãos dos filhos de Hamor, pai de Shechem, por cem peças de dinheiro.
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
Ele ergueu ali um altar, e o chamou de El Elohe Israel.
