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 levantó la mirada, y al ver que Esaú se acercaba con sus 400 hombres, repartió sus hijos entre Lea, Raquel y las dos esclavas.
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.
Colocó adelante a las esclavas con sus hijos, detrás a Lea con los suyos, y últimos a Raquel con José.
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.
Pero él pasó adelante de ellos y se postró en tierra siete veces, hasta acercarse a su hermano.
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 corrió a su encuentro y lo abrazó. Se echó sobre su cuello y lo besó, y lloraron.
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.”
Cuando levantó sus ojos y vio a las mujeres y a los niños, él preguntó: ¿Quiénes son éstos para ti? Y él respondió: Son los niños que ʼElohim bondadosamente ha dado a tu esclavo.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
Entonces las esclavas llegaron con sus hijos y se postraron.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Igualmente Lea se acercó con sus hijos y se postraron, y finalmente José y Raquel se acercaron y se postraron.
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.”
Y preguntó: ¿Qué te propones con todos estos grupos que encontré? Y Jacob respondió: Hallar gracia ante los ojos de mi ʼadón.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Y Esaú dijo: Yo tengo suficiente, hermano mío. Sea para ti lo que es tuyo.
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!
Pero Jacob dijo: ¡No, te ruego! Si hallé ahora gracia delante de ti, toma el presente de mi mano. Porque miro tu rostro como el que mira el rostro de ʼElohim, y me recibiste favorablemente.
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.
Acepta, te ruego, mi presente que fue traído para ti, pues ʼElohim me ha favorecido, porque tengo de todo. Le rogó con insistencia, y Esaú lo aceptó.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Luego dijo: Anda, vámonos. Yo iré delante de ti.
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.
Pero Jacob le contestó: Mi ʼadón sabe que los niños son delicados y que tengo ovejas y vacas que están criando, y si las fatigan, en un día podría morir todo el rebaño.
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].”
Pase ahora mi ʼadón delante de su esclavo. Yo iré con lentitud al paso del ganado que va delante de mí y al paso de los niños hasta que llegue a mi ʼadón en Seír.
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.”
Y Esaú dijo: Dejaré contigo parte de la gente que vino conmigo. Pero él respondió: ¿Para qué esto? Halle yo gracia ante mi ʼadón.
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Aquel día Esaú regresó por su camino a Seír,
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’].
y Jacob salió hacia Sucot. Edificó una casa para él, e hizo cobertizos para su ganado. Por eso llamó aquel lugar Sucot.
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.
Cuando volvió de Padan-aram, Jacob llegó en paz a la ciudad de Siquem que está en la tierra de Canaán, y acampó frente a la ciudad.
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.
Allí donde plantó su tienda compró la parcela del campo de mano de los hijos de Hamor, padre de Siquem, por 100 monedas.
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
Después erigió allí un altar, y lo llamó ʼEl-ʼElohey-Israel.
