1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it . 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 ¶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 ¶ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
Jēkaba un Ēsava sastapšanās
1 Jēkabs pacēla acis, paraudzījās, un redzi – Ēsavs nāca kopā ar četriem simtiem vīru. Tad viņš sadalīja bērnus starp Leu, Rāhēli un abām kalponēm. 2 Kalpones ar bērniem viņš nolika priekšā, Leu un viņas bērnus aiz tām, bet Rāhēli ar Jāzepu aizmugurē. 3 Viņš pats iznāca tiem priekšā un klanījās līdz zemei septiņas reizes, tuvodamies savam brālim. 4 Ēsavs skrēja viņam pretī, apkampa viņu, krita viņam ap kaklu un skūpstīja viņu, un viņi abi raudāja. 5 Tad viņš pacēla acis, ieraudzīja tās sievas un bērnus un teica: “Kas tie tev ir?” Jēkabs atbildēja: “Tie ir bērni, kurus Dievs žēlsirdībā devis savam kalpam!” 6 Un uz priekšu panācās kalpones, viņas pašas un viņu bērni, un paklanījās. 7 Un uz priekšu panācās arī Lea ar saviem bērniem un paklanījās. Pats pēdējais uz priekšu panācās Jāzeps ar Rāhēli, un viņi paklanījās. 8 Un Ēsavs teica: “Kas ir viss šis pulks, ko esmu sastapis?” Un viņš atbildēja: “Lai gūstu sava kunga vēlību!” 9 Ēsavs teica: “Man ir gana, mans brāli! Lai tev paliek tas, kas ir tavs!” 10 Un Jēkabs teica: “Nē, jel! Kaut jel es gūtu tavu vēlību un tu pieņemtu no manis šo dāvanu! Jo patiešām es redzēju tavu vaigu tāpat kā Dieva vaigu, un tu mani pieņēmi! 11 Ņem jel manu dāvanu, kas tev atvesta, jo Dievs ir bijis man žēlsirdīgs, un man visa ir gana!” Un viņš uzstāja, un tas paņēma. 12 Un viņš teica: “Taisāmies un ejam, un es iešu tev pa priekšu!” 13 Bet viņš atbildēja: “Mans kungs zina, ka bērni ir vāri, un man ir zīdītājas avis un govis, un, ja es tos dzīšu kaut vienu dienu, tad nobeigsies visas avis! 14 Lai jel mans kungs iet pa priekšu savam kalpam, bet es lēnām sekošu aiz saviem lopiem, kamēr nonākšu pie mana kunga Seīrā.” 15 Ēsavs teica: “Es likšu, lai pie tevis paliek kāds no maniem ļaudīm!” Bet viņš sacīja: “Kamdēļ tas, ja esmu guvis sava kunga vēlību?” 16 Un tajā dienā Ēsavs devās atpakaļceļā uz Seīru. 17 Bet Jēkabs devās uz Sukotu un uzbūvēja sev namu, bet savam ganāmpulkam taisīja būdas, tādēļ to vietu nosauca vārdā Sukota .
Jēkabs apmetas Šehemā
18 Iedams no Padān-Arāmas, Jēkabs sveikā nonāca Šehemas pilsētā, kas Kanaāna zemē, un viņš apmetās pilsētas priekšā. 19 Un par simts sudraba gabaliem viņš no Šehema tēva Hamora dēliem nopirka to lauka gabalu, kur bija izpletis savu telti. 20 Viņš uzslēja tur altāri un nosauca to par Ēl-Elohē-Israēl .
