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.
Entonces Jacob, levantando los ojos, vio a Esaú que venía con sus cuatrocientos hombres. Entonces hizo una división de los niños entre Lea y Raquel y las dos sirvientas.
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.
Puso los siervos y sus hijos delante, Lea y sus hijos después de ellos, y Raquel y José detrás.
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.
Y él mismo, yendo delante de ellos, se echó sobre su rostro a la 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.
Entonces Esaú corrió hacia él y, abrazándolo, le dio un beso; y los dos se llenaron de lágrimas.
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.”
Entonces Esaú, levantando los ojos, vio a las mujeres y los niños, y dijo: ¿Quiénes son éstos contigo? Y él dijo: Los hijos que Dios en su misericordia ha dado a tu siervo.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
Entonces se acercaron los criados y sus hijos, y se postraron sobre sus rostros.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Y Lea se acercó con sus hijos, y luego a José y Raquel, e hicieron lo mismo.
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 él dijo: ¿Qué fueron todas aquellas vacas que vi en el camino? Y Jacob dijo: Eran una ofrenda para que yo pudiera tener gracia en los ojos de mi señor.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Pero Esaú dijo: Tengo suficiente; guarda lo que es tuyo, mi hermano, para ti.
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!
Y Jacob dijo: No es así; pero si tengo gracia en tus ojos, tómalos como señal de mi amor, porque he visto tu rostro como uno puede ver el rostro de Dios, y has estado complacido conmigo.
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.
Toma mi ofrenda entonces, con mi bendición; porque Dios ha sido muy bueno conmigo y tengo suficiente: así que a petición suya, él lo tomó.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Y él dijo: Sigamos nuestro viaje juntos, y yo iré al frente.
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 dijo: Mi señor verá que los niños son pequeños, y que hay crías en mis rebaños y mi ganado; que un día se exceda en la conducción será la destrucción de 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].”
Tú, señor mío, ve delante de tu siervo; Avanzaré lentamente, al ritmo al que puedan ir el ganado y los niños, hasta que vaya a ver a mi señor en 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.”
Y dijo Esaú: Entonces ten algunos de mis hombres contigo. Y él dijo: ¿Qué necesidad hay de eso, sí mi señor está contento conmigo?
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Entonces Esaú, volviendo ese día, siguió su camino hacia 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’].
Y Jacob fue a Sucot, donde se hizo una casa y levantó tiendas para su ganado; por eso el lugar se llamó 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.
Entonces Jacob salió sano y salvo de Padan-aram, a la ciudad de Siquem, en la tierra de Canaán, y puso sus tiendas cerca de 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.
Y por cien piezas de dinero tomó de los hijos de Hamor, el padre de Siquem, el campo en que había puesto sus tiendas.
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
Y puso allí altar, y lo llamó El-Elohe-Israel; Él poderoso Dios de Israel.
