Genesis 33
1 Elevans autem Iacob oculos suos, vidit venientem Esau, et cum eo quadringentos viros: divisitque filios Liae et Rachel, ambarumque famularum:
Jacob saw Esau in the distance, coming towards him with four hundred men. So he split up the children between Leah, Rachel and the two personal maids.
2 et posuit utramque ancillam, et liberos earum in principio: Liam vero, et filios eius in secundo loco: Rachel autem, et Ioseph novissimos.
He placed the two personal maids with their children first, then Leah and her children, and Rachel and Joseph last.
3 Et ipse progrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies, donec appropinquaret frater eius.
Then Jacob went ahead of them and bowed low to the ground seven times before approaching his brother.
4 Currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo, amplexatus est eum: stringensque collum eius, et osculans flevit.
Esau ran over to him and hugged him. He put his arms around his neck and kissed him. The two of them wept.
5 Levatisque oculis, vidit mulieres et parvulos earum, et ait: Quid sibi volunt isti? et si ad te pertinent? Respondit: Parvuli sunt, quos donavit mihi Deus servo tuo.
Then Esau looked around at the women and children. “Who are these people with you?” he asked. “They are the children God graciously gave your servant,” Jacob replied.
6 Et appropinquantes ancillae et filii earum, incurvati sunt.
The personal maids and their children came over and bowed down.
7 Accessit quoque Lia cum pueris suis: et cum similiter adorassent, extremi Ioseph et Rachel adoraverunt.
Then Leah and her children came over and bowed down. Lastly Joseph and Rachel came over and bowed down.
8 Dixitque Esau: Quaenam sunt istae turmae quas obviam habui? Respondit: Ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo.
“What were all the livestock for that I met on the way?” Esau asked. “They're a gift to you my lord so you'd treat me well,” Jacob answered.
9 At ille ait: Habeo plurima, frater mi, sint tua tibi.
“I have more than enough, my brother! You keep what you have,” said Esau.
10 Dixitque Iacob: Noli ita, obsecro: sed si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, accipe munusculum de manibus meis: sic enim vidi faciem tuam, quasi viderim vultum Dei: esto mihi propitius,
“No, please!” Jacob insisted. “If you're happy with me, then please accept the gift I'm giving you. Now I've seen your face again it's like seeing the face of God, and you have welcomed me so kindly!
11 et suscipe benedictionem quam attuli tibi, et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia. Vix fratre compellente, suscipiens,
Please take the gift I've brought to you because God has treated me so well and I have so much.” So Esau accepted it.
12 ait: Gradiamur simul, eroque socius itineris tui.
“Let's get on our way,” Esau said. “I'll go ahead of you.”
13 Dixitque Iacob: Nosti domine mi quod parvulos habeam teneros, et oves, et boves foetas mecum: quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare, morientur una die cuncti greges.
“My lord can see that the children are weak,” Jacob responded. “Also, the goats, sheep, and cattle are nursing their young, and if I push them too hard, they'll all die.
14 Praecedat dominus meus ante servum suum: et ego sequar paulatim vestigia eius, sicut videro parvulos meos posse, donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir.
You go on, my lord, and your servant will come along slowly, walking with the children, and I'll meet you at Seir.”
15 Respondit Esau: Oro te, ut de populo qui mecum est, saltem socri remaneant viae tuae. Non est, inquit, necesse: hoc uno tantum indigeo, ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo domine mi.
“Fine, but let me leave some of my men with you,” said Esau. “You're very kind, but there's no need to do that,” Jacob replied.
16 Reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir.
So Esau started on his way back to Seir that day.
17 Et Iacob venit in Socoth: ubi aedificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Socoth, id est, tabernacula.
But Jacob headed to Succoth, where he built himself a house and shelters for the livestock. That's why the place is called Succoth.
18 Transivitque in Salem urbem Sichimorum, quae est in terra Chanaan, postquam reversus est de Mesopotamia Syriae: et habitavit iuxta oppidum.
Later Jacob continued his journey from Paddan-aram. He arrived safely at Shechem in the country of Canaan where he camped outside the town.
19 Emitque partem agri in qua fixerat tabernacula, a filiis Hemor patris Sichem centum agnis.
He bought the plot of ground where he was camping from the sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem, for 100 pieces of money.
20 Et erecto ibi altari, invocavit super illud fortissimum Deum Israel.
He built an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
