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.

1 雅各举目观看， 见以扫带着四百人来了； 他就把孩子分开三队， 交给利亚、拉结和两个婢女。

2 他叫两个婢女和她们的孩子走在前头， 利亚和她的孩子跟着， 拉结和约瑟走在最后。

3 他自己却走在他们前面， 七次俯伏在地， 直到走近他哥哥跟前。

4 以扫跑来迎接他， 拥抱他， 伏在他颈项上， 与他亲嘴； 两个人都哭了。

5 以扫举目观看， 看见妇人和孩子， 就问： "这些与你同来的人是谁？"雅各回答： "是 神赐给你仆人的孩子。"

6 于是， 两个婢女和她们的孩子上前下拜。

7 利亚和她的孩子也上前下拜， 随后， 约瑟和拉结也上前下拜。

8 以扫又问： "我遇见的这一群牲畜， 是什么意思呢？"雅各回答： "是要讨我主喜悦的。"

9 以扫说： "弟弟啊， 我已经很富有了， 你的仍归你吧。"

10 雅各说： "请不要这样， 我若得你的喜悦， 就求你从我手里收下这些礼物吧； 因为我看见了你的面， 就好像见了 神的面； 你实在恩待了我。

11 请你收下我带来给你的礼物， 因为 神施恩给我， 我什么都有了。"雅各再三恳求他， 他才收下了。

12 以扫说： "我们起程前行吧， 我和你一起走。"

13 雅各对他说： "我主知道孩子们还年幼娇嫩； 牛羊也正在乳养的时候， 需要我的照顾； 如果要催赶它们走一天的路， 恐怕所有牲畜都要死了。

14 请我主在仆人前头先行； 我要照着在我面前群畜和孩子们的速度， 慢慢前行， 直走到西珥我主那里去。"

15 以扫说： "让我把跟随我的人留几个在你这里吧。"雅各说： "为什么要这样呢？只要我得我主的喜悦就是了。"

16 于是， 以扫在那一天回西珥去了。

17 雅各却起程到疏割去， 在那里为自己建造了一座房子， 又为牲畜搭了些草棚， 因此给那地方起名叫疏割。

18 雅各从巴旦．亚兰回来的时候， 平平安安地到了迦南地的示剑城， 在城的对面支搭了帐棚。

19 他支搭帐棚的那块地， 是他用一百块银子向示剑的父亲哈抹的子孙买来的。

20 在那里雅各建了一座坛， 给它起名叫伊利．伊罗伊．以色列。