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 وَرَفَعَ يَعْقُوبُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا عِيسُو مُقْبِلٌ وَمَعَهُ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ، فَقَسَمَ ٱلْأَوْلَادَ عَلَى لَيْئَةَ وَعَلَى رَاحِيلَ وَعَلَى ٱلْجَارِيَتَيْنِ.

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

2 وَوَضَعَ ٱلْجَارِيَتَيْنِ وَأَوْلَادَهُمَا أَوَّلًا، وَلَيْئَةَ وَأَوْلَادَهَا وَرَاءَهُمْ، وَرَاحِيلَ وَيُوسُفَ أَخِيرًا.

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

3 وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَٱجْتَازَ قُدَّامَهُمْ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ حَتَّى ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ.

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

4 فَرَكَضَ عِيسُو لِلِقَائِهِ وَعَانَقَهُ وَوَقَعَ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ وَقَبَّلَهُ، وَبَكَيَا.

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 ثُمَّ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَأَبْصَرَ ٱلنِّسَاءَ وَٱلْأَوْلَادَ وَقَالَ: «مَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «ٱلْأَوْلَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللهُ بِهِمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ».

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

6 فَٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلْجَارِيَتَانِ هُمَا وَأَوْلَادُهُمَا وَسَجَدَتَا.

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

7 ثُمَّ ٱقْتَرَبَتْ لَيْئَةُ أَيْضًا وَأَوْلَادُهَا وَسَجَدُوا. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ٱقْتَرَبَ يُوسُفُ وَرَاحِيلُ وَسَجَدَا.

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 فَقَالَ: «مَاذَا مِنْكَ كُلُّ هَذَا ٱلْجَيْشِ ٱلَّذِي صَادَفْتُهُ؟» فَقَالَ: «لِأَجِدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي».

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

9 فَقَالَ عِيسُو: «لِي كَثِيرٌ، يَا أَخِي. لِيَكُنْ لَكَ ٱلَّذِي لَكَ».

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 فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ: «لَا. إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ تَأْخُذْ هَدِيَّتِي مِنْ يَدِي، لِأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ وَجْهَكَ كَمَا يُرَى وَجْهُ ٱللهِ، فَرَضِيتَ عَلَيَّ.

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 خُذْ بَرَكَتِي ٱلَّتِي أُتِيَ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيَّ وَلِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ». وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ.

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

12 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «لِنَرْحَلْ وَنَذْهَبْ، وَأَذْهَبُ أَنَا قُدَّامَكَ».

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 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «سَيِّدِي عَالِمٌ أَنَّ ٱلْأَوْلَادَ رَخْصَةٌ، وَٱلْغَنَمَ وَٱلْبَقَرَ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدِي مُرْضِعَةٌ، فَإِنِ ٱسْتَكَدُّوهَا يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا مَاتَتْ كُلُّ ٱلْغَنَمِ.

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 لِيَجْتَزْ سَيِّدِي قُدَّامَ عَبْدِهِ، وَأَنَا أَسْتَاقُ عَلَى مَهَلِي فِي إِثْرِ ٱلْأَمْلَاكِ ٱلَّتِي قُدَّامِي، وَفِي إِثْرِ ٱلْأَوْلَادِ، حَتَّى أَجِيءَ إِلَى سَيِّدِي إِلَى سَعِيرَ».

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 فَقَالَ عِيسُو: «أَتْرُكُ عِنْدَكَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَعِي». فَقَالَ: «لِمَاذَا؟ دَعْنِي أَجِدْ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْ سَيِّدِي».

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

16 فَرَجَعَ عِيسُو ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ إِلَى سَعِيرَ.

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 وَأَمَّا يَعْقُوبُ فَٱرْتَحَلَ إِلَى سُكُّوتَ، وَبَنَى لِنَفْسِهِ بَيْتًا، وَصَنَعَ لِمَوَاشِيهِ مِظَالًا. لِذَلِكَ دَعَا ٱسْمَ ٱلْمَكَانِ «سُكُّوتَ».

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 ثُمَّ أَتَى يَعْقُوبُ سَالِمًا إِلَى مَدِينَةِ شَكِيمَ ٱلَّتِي فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، حِينَ جَاءَ مِنْ فَدَّانِ أَرَامَ. وَنَزَلَ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ.

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 وَٱبْتَاعَ قِطْعَةَ ٱلْحَقْلِ ٱلَّتِي نَصَبَ فِيهَا خَيْمَتَهُ مِنْ يَدِ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِمِئَةِ قَسِيطَةٍ.

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

20 وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا وَدَعَاهُ «إِيلَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ».