Genesis 33
1 levans autem Iacob oculos suos vidit venientem Esau et cum eo quadringentos viros divisitque filios Liae et Rahel ambarumque famularum
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.
2 et posuit utramque ancillam et liberos earum in principio Liam vero et filios eius in secundo loco Rahel autem et Ioseph novissimos
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.
3 et ipse praegrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies donec adpropinquaret frater eius
And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo amplexatus est eum stringensque collum et osculans flevit
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him, and they 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
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God has graciously given thy servant.
6 et adpropinquantes ancillae et filii earum incurvati sunt
Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 accessitque Lia cum liberis suis et cum similiter adorassent extremi Ioseph et Rahel adoraverunt
And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. And afterward Joseph came near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 quaenam sunt inquit istae turmae quas obvias habui respondit ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo
And he said, What do thou mean by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.
9 et ille habeo ait plurima frater mi sint tua tibi
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother, let that which thou have be thine.
10 dixit 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
And Jacob said, No, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand, inasmuch as I have seen thy face, as any man would see the face of God, and thou were pleased with me.
11 et suscipe benedictionem quam adtuli tibi et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia vix fratre conpellente suscipiens
Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12 ait gradiamur simul eroque socius itineris tui
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 dixit Iacob nosti domine mi quod parvulos habeam teneros et oves ac boves fetas mecum quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare morientur una die cuncti greges
And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
14 praecedat dominus meus ante servum suum et ego sequar paulatim vestigia eius sicut videro posse parvulos meos donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
15 respondit Esau oro te ut de populo qui mecum est saltem socii remaneant viae tuae non est inquit necesse hoc uno indigeo ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu domini mei
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folks that are with me. And he said, What need is it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
16 reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir
So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 et Iacob venit in Soccoth ubi aedificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Soccoth id est Tabernacula
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for him a house, and made booths for his cattle. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 transivitque in Salem urbem Sycimorum quae est in terra Chanaan postquam regressus est de Mesopotamiam Syriae et habitavit iuxta oppidum
And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and encamped before the city.
19 emitque partem agri in qua fixerat tabernaculum a filiis Emor patris Sychem centum agnis
And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred lambs.
20 et erecto ibi altari invocavit super illud Fortissimum Deum Israhel
And he erected an altar there, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
