Genesis

雅各和以扫相见

1雅各举目观看，见以扫来了，后头跟着四百人，他就把孩子们分开交给利亚、拉结，和两个使女，

2并且叫两个使女和她们的孩子在前头，利亚和她的孩子在后头，拉结和约瑟在尽后头。

3他自己在他们前头过去，一连七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥。

4以扫跑来迎接他，将他抱住，又搂着他的颈项，与他亲嘴，两个人就哭了。

5以扫举目看见妇人孩子，就说：「这些和你同行的是谁呢？」雅各说：「这些孩子是 神施恩给你的仆人的。」

6于是两个使女和她们的孩子前来下拜；

7利亚和她的孩子也前来下拜；随后约瑟和拉结也前来下拜。

8以扫说：「我所遇见的这些群畜是什么意思呢？」雅各说：「是要在我主面前蒙恩的。」

9以扫说：「兄弟啊，我的已经够了，你的仍归你吧！」

10雅各说：「不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你从我手里收下这礼物；因为我见了你的面，如同见了 神的面，并且你容纳了我。

11求你收下我带来给你的礼物；因为 神恩待我，使我充足。」雅各再三地求他，他才收下了。

12以扫说：「我们可以起身前往，我在你前头走。」

13雅各对他说：「我主知道孩子们年幼娇嫩，牛羊也正在乳养的时候，若是催赶一天，群畜都必死了。

14求我主在仆人前头走，我要量着在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行，直走到西珥我主那里。」

15以扫说：「容我把跟随我的人留几个在你这里。」雅各说：「何必呢？只要在我主眼前蒙恩就是了。」

16于是，以扫当日起行，回往西珥去了。

17雅各就往疏割去，在那里为自己盖造房屋，又为牲畜搭棚；因此那地方名叫疏割。

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，在城东支搭帐棚，

19就用一百块银子向示剑的父亲、哈抹的子孙买了支帐棚的那块地，

20在那里筑了一座坛，起名叫伊利·伊罗伊·以色列。

Jacob Meets Esau

1Now 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.

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

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

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

5When 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.”

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

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

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.

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

10But 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.

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

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

13But 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.

14Please 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.”

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.”

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

17but 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.

Jacob Settles in Shechem

18After 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.

19And 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.

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