- And Jacob [a] lifted up his eyes, and beheld,
and lo! Esau his brother coming, and
four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided
the children to Lea and to Rachel,
and the two handmaidens.
- And he put the
two handmaidens and their children with
the first, and Lea and her children behind,
and Rachel and Joseph last.
- But he advanced
himself before them, and did reverence
to the ground seven times, until he
drew near to his brother.
- And Esau ran
on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell
on his neck, and kissed him; and they both
wept.
- And Esau looked up and saw the
women and the children, and said, What
are these to thee? And he said, The children
with which God has mercifully blessed
thy servant.
- And the maid-servants and
their children drew near and did reverence.
- And Lea and her children drew near and
did reverence; and after this drew near
Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.
- And he said, What are these things to thee,
all these companies that I have met? And
he said, That thy servant might find grace
in thy sight, my lord.
- And Esau said, I
have much, my brother; keep thine own.
- And Jacob said, If I have found grace in
thy sight, receive the gifts through my
hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if
any one should see the face of God, and
thou shalt be well-pleased with me.
- Receive my blessings, which I have brought
thee, because God has had mercy on me, and
I have all things; and he constrained him,
and he took them.
- And he said, Let us
depart, and proceed right onward.
- And he
said to him, My lord knows, that the children
are very tender, and the flocks and the
herds with me are with young; if then I
shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle
will die.
- Let my lord go on before his
servant, and I shall have strength on the
road according to the ease of the journey
before me, and according to the [b] strength of
the children, until I come to my lord to
Seir.
- And Esau said, I will leave with
thee some of the people who are with me.
And he said, Why so? it is enough that I
have found favour before thee, my lord.
- And Esau returned on that day on his
journey to Seir.
- And Jacob departs to
his tents; and he made for himself there
habitations, and for his cattle he made
booths; therefore he called the name of that
place, Booths.
- And Jacob came to Salem, a city of
Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan,
when he departed out of Mesopotamia of
Syria, and [c] took up a position in front of
the city.
- And he bought the portion of
the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor
the father of Sychem, for a hundred
lambs.
- And he set up there an alter, and
called on the God of Israel.
[a] Gr. looked up with.
[b] Gr. foot.
[c] Or, pitched his tent.
Alex. parene/bale, for which probably
parene/labe is a mere mistake.
So Bos and P. Junius thought.
[English translation of the Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee
Brenton (1807-1862) originally published by Samuel Bagster & Sons,
Ltd., London, 1851]