1 J acob levantó la vista, y vio que Esaú venía acompañado de cuatrocientos hombres. Entonces repartió a los niños entre Lea y Raquel y las dos siervas,

And Jacob raised his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming and with him 400 men. So he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maids.

2 p uso primero a las siervas y sus niños, luego a Lea y sus niños, y por último a Raquel y a José;

And he put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

3 l uego él se adelantó a ellos, y siete veces se inclinó hasta el suelo, hasta estar cerca de su hermano.

Then Jacob went over before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 P ero Esaú corrió a su encuentro y, echándose a su cuello, lo abrazó y lo besó. Y los dos lloraron.

But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

5 P ero al levantar Esaú la vista, y ver a las mujeres y los niños, preguntó: «¿Y éstos, quiénes son?» Y Jacob respondió: «Son los niños que Dios le ha dado a este siervo tuyo.»

looked up and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And replied, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.

6 L legaron entonces las siervas con sus niños, y se inclinaron.

Then the maids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 L uego llegó Lea con sus niños, y se inclinaron; y tras ellos llegaron José y Raquel, y también se inclinaron.

And Leah also with her children came near, and they bowed themselves. After them Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves.

8 E saú preguntó: «¿Qué te propones hacer con todos estos grupos que me he encontrado?» Y Jacob respondió: «He querido ganarme la buena voluntad de mi señor.»

Esau said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are that I might find favor in the sight of my lord.

9 Y Esaú dijo: «Yo tengo ya demasiado, hermano mío. Lo que es tuyo, es tuyo.»

And Esau said, I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.

10 P ero Jacob respondió: «¡No, por favor! Si me he ganado tu buena voluntad, acepta mi presente. El ver tu rostro es como haber visto el rostro de Dios. Tú me has mostrado tu buena voluntad.

But Jacob replied, No, I beg of you, if now I have found favor in your sight, receive my gift that I am presenting; for truly to see your face is to me as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

11 A cepta, por favor, el presente que te he traído. Dios ha sido muy bueno conmigo, y todo esto es mío.» Y tanto le insistió Jacob, que Esaú lo aceptó.

Accept, I beg of you, my blessing and gift that I have brought to you; for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything. And he kept urging him and he accepted it.

12 L uego dijo Esaú: «Vamos, pongámonos en marcha. Yo iré delante de ti.»

Then said, Let us get started on our journey, and I will go before you.

13 P ero Jacob le dijo: «Mi señor sabe que los niños son débiles, y que tengo ovejas y vacas recién paridas; si se les fatiga, en un solo día pueden morir todas las ovejas.

But Jacob replied, You know, my lord, that the children are tender and delicate and need gentle care, and the flocks and herds with young are of concern to me; for if the men should overdrive them for a single day, the whole of the flocks would die.

14 R uego a mi señor adelantarse a su siervo, que yo iré poco a poco, al paso del ganado que va delante de mí y al paso de los niños, hasta alcanzar a mi señor en Seir.»

Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on slowly, governed by the livestock that set the pace before me and the endurance of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.

15 E saú le dijo: «Permíteme dejar contigo parte de la gente que viene conmigo.» Y Jacob le dijo: «¿Para qué hacerlo así? Muéstreme mi señor su buena voluntad.»

Then Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. But said, What need is there for it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

16 E se mismo día Esaú volvió a Seir por su camino,

So Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir.

17 y Jacob se fue a Sucot. Allí se construyó una casa, y unas cabañas para su ganado, y es por eso que a ese lugar le puso por nombre Sucot.

But Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths or places of shelter for his livestock; so the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 D e regreso de Padán Aram, Jacob llegó sano y salvo a la ciudad de Siquén, que está en la tierra de Canaán, y acampó delante de la ciudad;

When Jacob came from Padan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and pitched his tents before the town.

19 p or cien monedas compró una parte del campo a los hijos de Jamor, padre de Siquén. Allí plantó su tienda,

Then he bought the piece of land on which he had encamped from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.

20 y levantó un altar, al que llamó El Elohé Israel.

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.