1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, 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 himself 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 these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant. 6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also and 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 company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine. 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my gift 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 that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 14 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 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 favor 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 a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 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 And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

1 Jacó, levantando os olhos, viu Esaú que avançava com quatrocentos homens. Repartiu então os filhos entre Lia, Raquel e as duas servas.

2 Colocou as servas com seus filhos na frente, depois Lia com os seus, e, por último Raquel com José.

3 E ele, passando adiante, prostrou-se até a terra sete vezes antes de se aproximar do seu irmão.

4 Mas Esaú correu-lhe ao encontro e beijou-o; ele atirou-se ao seu pescoço e beijou-o; e puseram-se a chorar.

5 Levantando os olhos, Esaú viu as mulheres e as crianças: "Quem são estes que tens contigo?", perguntou ele. "São, respondeu Jacó, os filhos que aprouve a Deus dar ao teu servo."

6 Aproximaram-se então as servas com seus filhos e prostraram-se.

7 Lia com seus filhos adiantaram-se por sua vez e prostraram-se, e, enfim, José e Raquel, que se prostraram também.

8 Esaú disse: "Que significa todo esse acampamento que encontrei?" "E, disse Jacó, para ganhar o favor de meu senhor."

9 Esaú disse-lhe: "Possuo muitos bens, meu irmão, guarda o que te pertence."

10 "Oh, suplico-te, replicou Jacó, se ganhei teu favor, aceita este presente de minhas mãos; porque te contemplei como se contempla Deus, e me fizeste bom acolhimento.

11 Aceita o presente que te ofereço; pois Deus cumulou-me de seus favores, e nada me falta." E tanto insistiu que Esaú aceitou.

12 Esaú disse: "Partamos, ponhamo-nos a caminho; eu te precederei."

13 Jacó disse-lhe: "Tu vês, meu senhor, que os meninos são delicados; e tenho de cuidar das ovelhas e vacas que amamentam; se os fizer caminhar ainda um só dia, morrerá todo o rebanho.

14 Que o meu senhor vá, pois, adiante de seu servo; eu seguirei devagar, ao passo do rebanho que vai adiante de mim, e ao passo dos meninos, até que chegue à casa de meu senhor em Seir."

15 "Permita-me ao menos, disse-lhe Esaú, deixar-te uma parte de meus homens." "Não é necessário, disse Jacó; basta-me ter achado graça aos olhos do meu senhor!"

16 No mesmo dia, Esaú retomou o caminho de Seir.

17 Jacó partiu para Socot, onde, tendo edificado uma casa, construiu também cabanas para o seu rebanho. Daí o nome de Socot dado a esse lugar.

18 De volta de Padã-Arã, Jacó chegou sem contratempos à cidade de Siquém, na terra de Canaã. E acampou diante da cidade.

19 Comprou por cem moedas de prata aos filhos de Hemor, pai de Siquém, o pedaço de terra onde havia levantado sua tenda.

20 Levantou aí um altar, ao qual chamou El-Deus de Israel.