¹Elevans autem Jacob oculos suos,Then Jacob,vidit venientem Esau,lifting up his eyes,et cum eo quadringentos viros:saw Esau arriving,divisitque filios Liæand with him four hundred men.et Rachel,And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel,ambarumque famularum:and of both the handmaids.

¹Elevans autem Jacob oculos suos,Then Jacob,vidit venientem Esau,lifting up his eyes,et cum eo quadringentos viros:saw Esau arriving,divisitque filios Liæand with him four hundred men.et Rachel,And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel,ambarumque famularum:and of both the handmaids.

²et posuit utramque ancillam,And he placed the two handmaidset liberos earum,and their children at the beginning.in principio:Truly,Liam vero,Leahet filios ejus,and her sons were in the second place.in secundo loco:Then RachelRachel autem et Joseph novissimos.and Joseph were last.

²et posuit utramque ancillam,And he placed the two handmaidset liberos earum,and their children at the beginning.in principio:Truly,Liam vero,Leahet filios ejus,and her sons were in the second place.in secundo loco:Then RachelRachel autem et Joseph novissimos.and Joseph were last.

³Et ipse progrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies,And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times,donec appropinquaret frater ejus.until his brother approached.

³Et ipse progrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies,And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times,donec appropinquaret frater ejus.until his brother approached.

⁴Currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo,And so Esau ran to meet his brother,amplexatus est eum:and he embraced him.stringensque collum ejus,And drawing him by his neck and kissing him,et osculans flevit.he wept.

⁴Currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo,And so Esau ran to meet his brother,amplexatus est eum:and he embraced him.stringensque collum ejus,And drawing him by his neck and kissing him,et osculans flevit.he wept.

⁵Levatisque oculis,And lifting up his eyes,vidit muliereshe saw the women and their little ones,et parvulos earum,and he said:et ait:“What do these want for themselves?”Quid sibi volunt isti?and “Are they related to you?”et si ad te pertinent?He responded,Respondit:“These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me,Parvuli sunt quos donavit mihi Deus servo tuo.your servant.”

⁵Levatisque oculis,And lifting up his eyes,vidit muliereshe saw the women and their little ones,et parvulos earum,and he said:et ait:“What do these want for themselves?”Quid sibi volunt isti?and “Are they related to you?”et si ad te pertinent?He responded,Respondit:“These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me,Parvuli sunt quos donavit mihi Deus servo tuo.your servant.”

⁶Et appropinquantes ancillæ et filii earum, incurvati sunt.Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.

⁶Et appropinquantes ancillæ et filii earum, incurvati sunt.Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.

⁷Accessit quoque Lia cum pueris suis:Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near.et cum similiter adorassent,And when they had reverenced similarly,extremi Joseph et Rachel adoraverunt.last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.

⁷Accessit quoque Lia cum pueris suis:Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near.et cum similiter adorassent,And when they had reverenced similarly,extremi Joseph et Rachel adoraverunt.last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.

⁸Dixitque Esau:And Esau said,Quænam sunt istæ turmæ quas obviam habui?“What are these companies that I have been meeting?”Respondit:He responded,Ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo.“So may I find favor before my lord.”

⁸Dixitque Esau:And Esau said,Quænam sunt istæ turmæ quas obviam habui?“What are these companies that I have been meeting?”Respondit:He responded,Ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo.“So may I find favor before my lord.”

⁹At ille ait:But he said,Habeo plurima,“I have plenty,frater mi,my brother;sint tua tibi.let these be for yourself.”

⁹At ille ait:But he said,Habeo plurima,“I have plenty,frater mi,my brother;sint tua tibi.let these be for yourself.”

¹⁰Dixitque Jacob:And Jacob said:Noli ita,“I beg you,obsecro: sed si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis,let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes,accipe munusculum de manibus meis.receive a small present from my hands.Sic enim vidi faciem tuam, quasi viderim vultum Dei:For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God.esto mihi propitius,Be gracious to me,

¹⁰Dixitque Jacob:And Jacob said:Noli ita,“I beg you,obsecro: sed si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis,let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes,accipe munusculum de manibus meis.receive a small present from my hands.Sic enim vidi faciem tuam, quasi viderim vultum Dei:For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God.esto mihi propitius,Be gracious to me,

¹¹et suscipe benedictionem quam attuli tibi,and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God,et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia.who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.”Vix fratre compellente, suscipiens,Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,

¹¹et suscipe benedictionem quam attuli tibi,and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God,et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia.who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.”Vix fratre compellente, suscipiens,Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,

¹²ait:he said,Gradiamur simul,“Let us go on together,eroque socius itineris tui.and I will accompany you on your journey.”

¹²ait:he said,Gradiamur simul,“Let us go on together,eroque socius itineris tui.and I will accompany you on your journey.”

¹³Dixitque Jacob: Nosti,And Jacob said: “My lord,domine mi, quod parvulos habeam teneros,you know that I have with me tender little ones,et oves,and sheep,et boves fœtas mecum:and cows with young.quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare,If I cause these to labor too much in walking,morientur una die cuncti greges.all the flocks will die in one day.

¹³Dixitque Jacob: Nosti,And Jacob said: “My lord,domine mi, quod parvulos habeam teneros,you know that I have with me tender little ones,et oves,and sheep,et boves fœtas mecum:and cows with young.quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare,If I cause these to labor too much in walking,morientur una die cuncti greges.all the flocks will die in one day.

¹⁴Præcedat dominus meus ante servum suum:May it please my lord to go before his servant.et ego sequar paulatim vestigia ejus,And I will follow gradually in his steps,sicut videro parvulos meos posse,as much as I see my little ones to be able,donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir.until I arrive to my lord in Seir.”

¹⁴Præcedat dominus meus ante servum suum:May it please my lord to go before his servant.et ego sequar paulatim vestigia ejus,And I will follow gradually in his steps,sicut videro parvulos meos posse,as much as I see my little ones to be able,donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir.until I arrive to my lord in Seir.”

¹⁵Respondit Esau: Oro te,Esau responded, “I beg you,ut de populo qui mecum est, saltem socii remaneant viæ tuæ.that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.”Non est,But he said,inquit, necesse:“There is no need.hoc uno tantum indigeo,I have need of one thing only:ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo,to find favor in your sight,domine mi.my lord.”

¹⁵Respondit Esau: Oro te,Esau responded, “I beg you,ut de populo qui mecum est, saltem socii remaneant viæ tuæ.that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.”Non est,But he said,inquit, necesse:“There is no need.hoc uno tantum indigeo,I have need of one thing only:ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo,to find favor in your sight,domine mi.my lord.”

¹⁶Reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir.And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.

¹⁶Reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir.And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.

¹⁷Et Jacob venit in Socoth:And Jacob went to Succoth,ubi ædificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Socoth,where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth,id est,that is,Tabernacula.‘Tents.’

¹⁷Et Jacob venit in Socoth:And Jacob went to Succoth,ubi ædificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Socoth,where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth,id est,that is,Tabernacula.‘Tents.’

¹⁸Transivitque in Salem urbem Sichimorum,And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites,quæ est in terra Chanaan,which is in the land of Canaan,postquam reversus est de Mesopotamia Syriæ:after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria.et habitavit juxta oppidum.And he lived near the town.

¹⁸Transivitque in Salem urbem Sichimorum,And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites,quæ est in terra Chanaan,which is in the land of Canaan,postquam reversus est de Mesopotamia Syriæ:after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria.et habitavit juxta oppidum.And he lived near the town.

¹⁹Emitque partem agri,And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor,in qua fixerat tabernacula,the father of Shechem,a filiis Hemor patris Sichem centum agnis.for one hundred lambs.

¹⁹Emitque partem agri,And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor,in qua fixerat tabernacula,the father of Shechem,a filiis Hemor patris Sichem centum agnis.for one hundred lambs.

²⁰Et erecto ibi altari,And erecting an altar there,invocavit super illud fortissimum Deum Israël.he invoked upon it the most strong God of Israel.

²⁰Et erecto ibi altari,And erecting an altar there,invocavit super illud fortissimum Deum Israël.he invoked upon it the most strong God of Israel.