Gênesis 33
1 E levantando Jacó seus olhos, olhou, e eis que vinha Esaú, e os quatrocentos homens com ele: então repartiu ele os filhos entre Lia e Raquel e as duas servas.
[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 pôs as servas e seus filhos adiante; logo a Lia e a seus filhos; e a Raquel e a José os últimos.
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 E ele passou diante deles, e inclinou-se à terra sete vezes, até que chegou a seu irmão.
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 E Esaú correu a seu encontro, e abraçou-lhe, e lançou-se sobre seu pescoço, e o beijou; e choraram.
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 E levantou seus olhos, e viu as mulheres e os filhos, e disse: Quem são estes que estão contigo? E ele respondeu: São os filhos que Deus deu a teu 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 E se chegaram as servas, elas e seus meninos, e inclinaram-se.
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 E chegou-se Lia com seus filhos, e inclinaram-se: e depois chegou José e Raquel, e também se inclinaram.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 E ele disse: Qual é a tua intenção com todos estes grupos que encontrei? E ele respondeu: Achar favor aos olhos de meu senhor.
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 E disse Esaú: Tenho o bastante, meu irmão; seja para ti o que é teu.
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 E disse Jacó: Não, eu te rogo, se achei agora favor em teus olhos, toma meu presente de minha mão, pois vi teu rosto como se houvesse visto o rosto de Deus; e me aceitaste.
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 Toma, eu te rogo, minha dádiva que te é trazida; porque Deus me fez misericórdia, e tudo o que há aqui é meu. E insistiu com ele, e tomou-a.
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 E disse: Anda, e vamos; e eu irei adiante de ti.
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 E ele lhe disse: Meu senhor sabe que os meninos são tenros, e que tenho ovelhas e vacas de cria; e se as cansam, em um dia morrerão todas as ovelhas.
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 Passe agora meu senhor diante de seu servo, e eu me irei pouco a pouco ao passo do gado que vai adiante de mim, e à passagem dos meninos, até que chegue a meu senhor 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 E Esaú disse: Deixarei agora contigo da gente que vem comigo. E ele disse: Para que isto? ache eu favor aos olhos de meu senhor.
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 Assim se voltou Esaú aquele dia por seu caminho a Seir.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 E Jacó se partiu a Sucote, e edificou ali casa para si, e fez abrigos para seu gado; por isso chamou o nome daquele lugar Sucote.
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 E veio Jacó são à cidade de Siquém, que está na terra de Canaã, quando vinha de Padã-Arã; e acampou diante da cidade.
[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 comprou uma parte do campo, onde estendeu sua tenda, da mão dos filhos de Hamor, pai de Siquém, por cem peças de moeda.
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 E erigiu ali um altar, e chamou-lhe: Deus, o Deus de Israel.
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
