1وَرَفَعَ يَعْقُوبُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا عِيسُو مُقْبِلٌ وَمَعَهُ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، فَقَسَمَ الأَوْلاَدَ عَلَى لَيْئَةَ وَعَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَعَلَى الْجَارِيَتَيْنِ،2وَوَضَعَ الْجَارِيَتَيْنِ وَأَوْلاَدَهُمَا أَوَّلاً، وَلَيْئَةَ وَأَوْلاَدَهَا وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَرَاحِيلَ وَيُوسُفَ أَخِيراً.3وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَاجْتَازَ قُدَّامَهُمْ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ حَتَّى اقْتَرَبَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ.4فَرَكَضَ عِيسُو لِلِقَائِهِ وَعَانَقَهُ وَوَقَعَ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ وَقَبَّلَهُ. وَبَكَيَا.5ثُمَّ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَبْصَرَ النِّسَاءَ وَالأَوْلاَدَ وَقَالَ، مَا هَؤُلاَءِ مِنْكَ. فَقَالَ، الأَوْلاَدُ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ.6فَاقْتَرَبَتِ الْجَارِيَتَانِ هُمَا وَأَوْلاَدُهُمَا وَسَجَدَتَا،7ثُمَّ اقْتَرَبَتْ لَيْئَةُ أَيْضاً وَأَوْلاَدُهَا وَسَجَدُوا، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ اقْتَرَبَ يُوسُفُ وَرَاحِيلُ وَسَجَدَا.8فَقَالَ، مَاذَا مِنْكَ كُلُّ هَذَا الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي صَادَفْتُهُ. فَقَالَ، لأَجِدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي.9فَقَالَ عِيسُو، لِي كَثِيرٌ. يَا أَخِي لِيَكُنْ لَكَ الَّذِي لَكَ.10فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ، لاَ. إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ تَأْخُذْ هَدِيَّتِي مِنْ يَدِي، لأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَكَ كَمَا يُرَى وَجْهُ اللَّهِ، فَرَضِيتَ عَلَيَّ.11خُذْ بَرَكَتِي الَّتِي أُتِيَ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيَّ وَلِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ. وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ.12ثُمَّ قَالَ، لِنَرْحَلْ وَنَذْهَبْ، وَأَذْهَبُ أَنَا قُدَّامَكَ.13فَقَالَ لَهُ، سَيِّدِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّ الأَوْلاَدَ رَخْصَةٌ، وَالْغَنَمَ وَالْبَقَرَ الَّتِي عِنْدِي مُرْضِعَةٌ. فَإِنِ اسْتَكَدُّوهَا يَوْماً وَاحِداً مَاتَتْ كُلُّ الْغَنَمِ.14لِيَجْتَزْ سَيِّدِي قُدَّامَ عَبْدِهِ، وَأَنَا أَسْتَاقُ عَلَى مَهَلِي فِي أَثَرِ الأَمْلاَكِ الَّتِي قُدَّامِي، وَفِي أَثَرِ الأَوْلاَدِ حَتَّى أَجِيءَ إِلَى سَيِّدِي إِلَى سَعِيرَ.15فَقَالَ عِيسُو، أَتْرُكُ عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ مَعِي. فَقَالَ، لِمَاذَا. دَعْنِي أَجِدْ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي.16فَرَجَعَ عِيسُو ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِلَى سَعِيرَ.17وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَارْتَحَلَ إِلَى سُكُّوتَ، وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ بَيْتاً، وَصَنَعَ لِمَوَاشِيهِ مِظَلاَّتٍ. لِذَلِكَ دَعَا اسْمَ الْمَكَانِ سُكُّوتَ.18ثُمَّ أَتَى يَعْقُوبُ سَالِماً إِلَى مَدِينَةِ شَكِيمَ الَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، حِينَ جَاءَ مِنْ فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ. وَنَزَلَ أَمَامَ الْمَدِينَةِ.19وَابْتَاعَ قِطْعَةَ الْحَقْلِ الَّتِي نَصَبَ فِيهَا خَيْمَتَهُ مِنْ يَدِ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِمِئَةِ قَسِيطَةٍ.20وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحاً وَدَعَاهُ إِيلَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.
1And 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.2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.5And 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.6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.8And 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.9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.10And 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.11Take, 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 .12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.13And 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.14Let 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.15And 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.16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.19And 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.20And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.