Genesis 33

vayyissa ya'aqov enayw vayyar vehinneh esav ba ve'immo arba me'ot ish vayyakhats et-hayeladim al-le'ah ve'al-rakhel ve'al shete hashefakhot

Looking up, Jacob saw Esau coming, accompanied by four hundred men. He divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maids,

vayyasem et-hashefakhot ve'et-yaldehen rishonah ve'et-le'ah viladeha akharonim ve'et-rakhel ve'et-yosef akharonim

putting the maids and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

vehu avar lifnehem vayyishtakhu artsah sheva pe'amim ad-gishto ad-akhiv

He himself went on ahead and bowed low to the ground seven times until he was near his brother.

vayyarots esav liqrato vayekhabbeqehu vayyippol al-tsavvarav vaׄyiׄshaׄqeׄhׄuׄ vayyivku

Esau ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and they wept.

vayyissa et-enayw vayyar et-hannashim ve'et-hayeladim vayyomer mi-elleh lakh vayyomar hayeladim asher-khanan elohim et-avdekha

Looking about, he saw the women and the children. “Who,” he asked, “are these with you?” He answered, “The children with whom God has favored your servant.”

vattiggashna hashefakhot hennah veyaldehen vattishtakhavena

Then the maids, with their children, came forward and bowed low;

vattiggash gam-le'ah viladeha vayyishtakhavu ve'akhar niggash yosef verakhel vayyishtakhavu

next Leah, with her children, came forward and bowed low; and last, Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed low.

vayyomer mi lekha kol-hammakhaneh hazzeh asher pagasheti vayyomer limtso-khen be'ene adoni

And he asked, “What do you mean by all this company that I have met?” He answered, “To gain my lord’s favor.”

vayyomer esav yesh-li rav akhi yehi lekha asher-lakh

Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let what you have remain yours.”

vayyomer ya'aqov al-na im-na matsati khen be'enekha velaqakhta minkhati miyyadi ki al-ken ra'iti fanekha kirot pene elohim vattirtseni

But Jacob said, “No, I pray you; if you would do me this favor, accept from me this gift; for to see your face is like seeing the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

qakh-na et-birkhati asher huvat lakh ki-khannani elohim vekhi yesh-li-khol vayyiftsar-bo vayyiqqakh

Please accept my present that has been brought to you, for God has favored me and I have plenty.” And when he urged him, he accepted.

vayyomer nisah venelekhah ve'elekhah lenegdekha

And [Esau] said, “Let us start on our journey, and I will proceed at your pace.”

vayyomer elayw adoni yodea ki-hayeladim rakkim vehatson vehabbaqar alot alay udefaqum yom ekhad vametu kol-hatson

But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds, which are nursing, are a care to me; if they are driven hard a single day, all the flocks will die.

ya'avor-na adoni lifne avdo va'ani etnahalah le'itti leregel hammelakhah asher-lefanay uleregel hayeladim ad asher-avo el-adoni se'irah

Let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I travel slowly, at the pace of the cattle before me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

vayyomer esav atsigah-nna immekha min-ha'am asher itti vayyomer lammah zeh emtsa-khen be'ene adoni

Then Esau said, “Let me assign to you some of the people who are with me.” But he said, “Oh no, my lord is too kind to me!”

vayyashov bayyom hahu esav ledarko se'irah

So Esau started back that day on his way to Seir.

veya'aqov nasa sukkotah vayyiven lo bayit ulemiqnehu asah sukkot al-ken qara shem-hammaqom sukkot

But Jacob journeyed on to Succoth, and built a house for himself and made stalls for his cattle; that is why the place was called Succoth.

vayyavo ya'aqov shalem ir shekhem asher be'erets kena'an bevo'o mippaddan aram vayyikhan et-pene ha'ir

Jacob arrived safe in the city of Shechem that is in the land of Canaan—having come thus from Paddan-aram—and he encamped before the city.

vayyiqen et-khelqat hassadeh asher natah-sham oholo miyyad bene-khamor avi shekhem beme'ah qesitah

The parcel of land where he pitched his tent he purchased from the kin of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred kesitahs.

vayyatsev-sham mizbeakh vayyiqra-lo el elohe yisra'el

He set up an altar there, and called it El-elohe-yisrael.