Genesis 33

1 Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

1 雅各抬头看见以扫带着四百人迎面而来，便把孩子们分别交给利亚、拉结和两个婢女，

2 He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

2 又让两个婢女和她们的孩子走在前面，利亚和她的孩子跟在后面，拉结和约瑟走在最后。

3 But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

3 他自己则走在他们前面，接连俯伏下拜七次，直到他哥哥跟前。

4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

4 以扫跑上去迎接他，拥抱他，亲吻他，二人抱头痛哭。

5 When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

5 以扫抬眼看见跟在雅各后面的妇女和孩子，就问：“这些和你同行的是谁？”雅各说：“这些孩子是上帝施恩赐给你仆人的。”

6 Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

6 雅各的两个婢女和她们的孩子上前下拜，

7 Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

7 利亚和她的孩子也上前下拜，最后约瑟和拉结也上前向以扫下拜。

8 “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

8 以扫说：“我在路上遇见的那一群群牲畜是怎么回事？”雅各回答说：“我带来这些是想在我主面前蒙恩。”

9 “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

9 以扫说：“弟弟，我已经有很多了，你自己留着吧！”

10 But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

10 雅各说：“不，你若赏脸，就请收下！我见了你的面就像见了上帝的面，因为你这样善待我。

11 Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

11 请你收下我的礼物吧，因为上帝恩待了我，使我富足。”雅各再三恳求，以扫才收下。

12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

12 以扫说：“我们走吧！我陪你们走。”

13 But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

13 雅各却说：“我主知道孩子们还幼小，而且，我还要照料正在哺乳的牛羊，如果整天赶路，牛羊都会累死。

14 Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

14 请我主先走，我迁就牲畜和孩子的脚步慢慢走，我在西珥与我主会合。”

15 “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

15 以扫说：“我给你留几个随从吧。”雅各说：“不用了，能得到我主的恩待就够了。”

16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

16 于是，以扫在当天先回西珥去了，

17 but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

17 雅各却去了疏割，在那里为自己建造房屋，为牲畜搭起棚子。因此那地方叫疏割 。

18 After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

18 这样，雅各从巴旦·亚兰平安地回到迦南的示剑城，在城外搭营居住。

19 And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

19 他搭营居住的这块地是他用一百块银子向示剑的父亲哈抹的子孙买的。

20 There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

20 雅各在那里筑了一座坛，称之为伊利·伊罗伊·以色列 。