Genesi 33
1 Giacobbe alzò gli occhi, guardò, ed ecco Esaù che veniva, avendo seco quattrocento uomini. Allora divise i figliuoli fra Lea, Rachele e le due serve.
[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 E mise davanti le serve e i loro figliuoli, poi Lea e i suoi figliuoli, e da ultimo Rachele e Giuseppe.
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 Ed egli stesso passò dinanzi a loro, s’inchinò fino a terra sette volte, finché si fu avvicinato al suo fratello.
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 Ed Esaù gli corse incontro, l’abbracciò, gli si gettò al collo, e lo baciò: e piansero.
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 Poi Esaù, alzando gli occhi, vide le donne e i fanciulli, e disse: “Chi son questi qui che hai teco?” Giacobbe rispose: “Sono i figliuoli che Dio s’è compiaciuto di dare al tuo servo”.
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 Allora le serve s’accostarono, esse e i loro figliuoli, e s’inchinarono.
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 S’accostarono anche Lea e i suoi figliuoli, e s’inchinarono. Poi s’accostarono Giuseppe e Rachele, e s’inchinarono.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 Ed Esaù disse: “Che ne vuoi fare di tutta quella schiera che ho incontrata?” Giacobbe rispose: “E’ per trovar grazia agli occhi del mio signore”.
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 Ed Esaù: “Io ne ho assai della roba, fratel mio; tienti per te ciò ch’è tuo”.
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 Ma Giacobbe disse: “No, ti prego; se ho trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, accetta il dono dalla mia mano, giacché io ho veduto la tua faccia, come uno vede la faccia di Dio, e tu m’hai fatto gradevole accoglienza.
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 Deh, accetta il mio dono che t’è stato recato; poiché Iddio m’ha usato grande bontà, e io ho di tutto”. E insisté tanto, che Esaù l’accettò.
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 Poi Esaù disse: “Partiamo, incamminiamoci, e io andrò innanzi a te”.
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 E Giacobbe rispose: “Il mio signore sa che i fanciulli son di tenera età, e che ho con me delle pecore e delle vacche che allattano; se si forzassero per un giorno solo a camminare, le bestie morrebbero tutte.
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 Deh, passi il mio signore innanzi al suo servo; e io me ne verrò pian piano, al passo del bestiame che mi precederà, e al passo de’ fanciulli, finché arrivi presso al mio signore, a Seir”.
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 Ed Esaù disse: “Permetti almeno ch’io lasci con te un po’ della gente che ho meco”. Ma Giacobbe rispose: “E perché questo? Basta ch’io trovi grazia agli occhi del mio signore”.
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 Così Esaù, in quel giorno stesso, rifece il cammino verso Seir.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 Giacobbe partì alla volta di Succoth e edificò una casa per sé, e fece delle capanne per il suo bestiame; e per questo quel luogo fu chiamato 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 Poi Giacobbe, tornando da Paddan-Aram, arrivò sano e salvo alla città di Sichem, nel paese di Canaan, e piantò le tende dirimpetto alla città.
[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 E comprò dai figliuoli di Hemor, padre di Sichem, per cento pezzi di danaro, la parte del campo dove avea piantato le sue tende.
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 Ed eresse quivi un altare, e lo chiamò El-Elohè-Israel.
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
