1 Kui Jaakob oma silmad üles tõstis ja vaatas, ennäe, siis tuli Eesav ja ühes temaga nelisada meest! Ta jaotas nüüd lapsed Lea ja Raaheli ja mõlemate ümmardajate vahel,
2 seadis ümmardajad ja nende lapsed ette, Lea ja tema lapsed nende järele, Raaheli ja Joosepi viimseiks.
3 Ta ise aga läks nende eel ja kummardas seitse korda maani, kuni ta jõudis oma venna juurde.
4 Aga Eesav jooksis temale vastu ja süleles teda, langes temale kaela ja suudles teda; ja nad nutsid.
5 Siis ta tõstis oma silmad üles ja nägi naisi ja lapsi, ja ta küsis: „Kes need sul on?" Ja tema vastas: „Need on lapsed, keda Jumal su sulasele armulikult on andnud!"
6 Ka ümmardajad astusid ligi, nemad ise ja nende lapsed, ja nad kummardasid.
7 Siis astus ligi ka Lea ühes oma lastega ja nad kummardasid; lõppeks astusid ligi Joosep ja Raahel ja kummardasid.
8 Siis ta küsis: „Mida sa kavatsed kogu selle leeriga, keda ma kohtasin?" Ja tema vastas: „Oma isanda silmis armu leida!"
9 Aga Eesav ütles: „Mul eneselgi on küllalt, mu vend! Jäägu sulle, mis sul on!"
10 Kuid Jaakob vastas: „Sugugi mitte! Kui ma nüüd su silmis olen armu leidnud, siis võta mu kingitus minult vastu! Sest ma olen ju tohtinud näha su palet, otsekui näeks Jumala palet, ja sa oled olnud mu vastu lahke!
11 Võta nüüd minu tervituskink, mis sulle toodi, sest Jumal on olnud mu vastu armuline ja mul on kõike küllalt!" Ja ta käis temale peale, kuni ta võttis.
12 Siis ütles Eesav: „Hakkame liikuma ja lähme, ja mina käin sinuga rinnu!"
13 Aga Jaakob vastas temale: „Mu isand näeb ju, et lapsed on väetid ja minu hooleks on imetajad pudulojused ja lehmad; kui neid liiga kiiresti aetakse ühegi päeva, siis sureb kogu kari.
14 Mingu aga mu isand oma sulase eel ja mina liigun pikkamisi oma ees käiva karja kannul ja laste kannul, kuni ma jõuan oma isanda juurde Seiri."
15 Eesav ütles: „Ma jätan siis sinu juurde osa rahvast, kes ühes minuga on!" Aga tema vastas: „Mispärast nõnda? Kui ma ainult oma isanda silmis armu leiaksin!"
16 Ja Eesav läks selsamal päeval oma teed tagasi Seiri.
17 Aga Jaakob liikus Sukkotti, ehitas enesele koja ja tegi oma karjadele lehtkatused; seepärast pandi sellele paigale nimeks Sukkot.
18 Ja Jaakob jõudis Mesopotaamiast tulles õnnelikult Sekemi linna, mis on Kaananimaal, ja lõi linna ees leeri üles.
19 Ta ostis selle väljaosa, kuhu ta oma telgi oli üles löönud, Sekemi isa Hamori lastelt saja rahatüki eest.
20 Ja ta püstitas sinna altari ning pani sellele nimeks: „Jumal, Iisraeli Jumal!"
1 Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.
3 And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.
4 Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
5 Then Esau, lifting up his eyes, saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God in his mercy has given to your servant.
6 Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.
7 And Leah came near with her children, and then Joseph and Rachel, and they did the same.
8 And he said, What were all those herds which I saw on the way? And Jacob said, They were an offering so that I might have grace in my lord's eyes.
9 But Esau said, I have enough; keep what is yours, my brother, for yourself.
10 And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.
11 Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.
12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.
13 But Jacob said, My lord may see that the children are only small, and there are young ones in my flocks and herds: one day's over-driving will be the destruction of all the flock.
14 Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.
15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?
16 So Esau, turning back that day, went on his way to Seir.
17 And Jacob went on to Succoth, where he made a house for himself and put up tents for his cattle: for this reason the place was named Succoth.
18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.
19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.
20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.