1 A lzó Jacob sus ojos y vio que venía Esaú con cuatrocientos hombres; entonces repartió él los niños entre Lea, Raquel y las dos siervas.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

2 P uso las siervas y sus niños delante, luego a Lea y sus niños, y detrás a Raquel y a José.

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

3 Y él pasó delante de ellos y se inclinó a tierra siete veces, hasta que llegó a su hermano.

And he himself passed 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 sobre su cuello, lo abrazó y besó; los dos lloraron.

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

5 D espués Esaú levantó sus ojos, vio a las mujeres y los niños y dijo: —¿Quiénes son éstos? —Son los niños que Dios ha dado a tu siervo —dijo Jacob.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

6 L uego vinieron las siervas y sus hijos, y se inclinaron.

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

7 V ino Lea con sus hijos, y se inclinaron; y después llegaron José y Raquel, y también se inclinaron.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8 P reguntó entonces Esaú: —¿Qué te propones con todos estos grupos que he encontrado? —Hallar gracia a los ojos de mi señor —respondió Jacob.

And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

9 D ijo entonces Esaú: —Suficiente tengo yo, hermano mío; sea para ti lo que es tuyo.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.

10 J acob replicó: —No, yo te ruego; si he hallado ahora gracia a tus ojos, acepta mi regalo, porque he visto tu rostro como si hubiera visto el rostro de Dios, pues que con tanta bondad me has recibido.

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

11 A cepta, te ruego, el regalo que te he traído, pues Dios me ha favorecido y todo lo que hay aquí es mío. E insistió hasta que Esaú lo tomó.

Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

12 Y dijo Esaú: —Anda, vamos; yo iré delante de ti.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

13 J acob respondió: —Mi señor sabe que los niños son tiernos, y que tengo ovejas y vacas paridas; si las fatigan, en un día morirán todas las ovejas.

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

14 P ase ahora mi señor delante de su siervo, y yo me iré poco a poco al paso del ganado que va delante de mí y al paso de los niños, hasta que llegue a Seir, donde está mi señor.

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

15 D ijo Esaú: —Dejaré ahora contigo parte de la gente que viene conmigo. Jacob respondió: —¿Para qué, si he hallado gracia a los ojos de mi señor?

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

16 A sí volvió Esaú aquel día por su camino a Seir.

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

17 Y Jacob fue a Sucot; allí se edificó una casa e hizo cabañas para su ganado; por tanto, puso por nombre Sucot a aquel lugar.

And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 D espués Jacob, cuando regresaba de Padan-aram, llegó sano y salvo a la ciudad de Siquem, que está en la tierra de Canaán, y acampó delante de la ciudad.

And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.

19 C ompró a los hijos de Hamor, padre de Siquem, por cien monedas, la parte del campo donde había plantado su tienda,

And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.

20 e rigió allí un altar y lo llamó «El-Elohe-Israel».

And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-israel.