¹And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:

¹Ary Jakoba dia nanopy ny masony ka nahatazana fa indro tamy Esao, mitondra efa-jato lahy. Dia nozarazarainy ny zaza ho amin'i Lea sy Rahely ary ho amin'ny ankizivavy roa.

²and he put the maidservants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

²Ary nataony loha-lalana ny ankizivavy roa sy ny zanany, ary Lea sy ny zanany nanarakaraka, ary Rahely sy Josefa no vodi-lalana.

³And he passed on before them, and bowed to the earth seven times, until he came near to his brother.

³Ary Jakoba nandeha teo alohan'izy rehetra ka niankohoka impito tamin'ny tany mandra-pahatongany teo akaikin'ny rahalahiny.

⁴And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

⁴Dia nihazakazaka hitsena azy Esao, ary nisakambina ny tendany, dia namihina sy nanoroka azy; ary samy nitomany izy mirahalahy.

⁵And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant.

⁵Ary Esao nanopy ny masony ka nahita ny zaza amim-behivavy; dia hoy izy: Iza moa ireto miaraka aminao ireto? Ary hoy kosa Jakoba: Ny zaza izay nomen'Andriamanitra ny mpanomponao noho ny fahasoavany.

⁶And the maidservants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed.

⁶Dia nanatona ny ankizivavy sy ny zanany ka niankohoka.

⁷And Leah also, with her children, drew near, and they bowed. And lastly Joseph drew near, and Rachel, and they bowed.

⁷Dia nanatona koa Lea sy ny zanany ka niankohoka; ary farany, dia nanatona koa Josefa sy Rahely ka niankohoka.

⁸And he said, What [meanest] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.

⁸Ary hoy Esao: Inona moa no hevitr'ireny antokony rehetra nifanena tamiko ireny? Ary hoy izy: Mba hahitako fitia eto imason'itompokolahy.

⁹And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.

⁹Ary dia hoy Esao: Manam-be ihany aho, ry rahalahiko; aoka ihany ho anao ny anao.

¹⁰And Jacob said, No, I pray thee; if now I have found favour in thine eyes, then receive my gift from my hand; for therefore have I seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou hast received me with pleasure.

¹⁰Ary hoy Jakoba: Trarantitra ianao, aza an'izany; raha mba mahita fitia eto imasonao aho, dia raiso amin'ny tanako ny zavatra nampanateriko; fa efa nahita ny tavanao aho tahaka ny mahita ny tavan'Andriamanitra, ary efa sitrakao aho.

¹¹Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].

¹¹Trarantitra ianao, raiso re ny saotro izay nampanaterina ho anao; fa efa nanisy soa ahy Andriamanitra, ka manam-be aho. Dia nanery azy izy, ka dia noraisiny ihany ny zavatra.

¹²And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.

¹²Ary hoy Esao: Aoka hiainga isika, ka handeha hialoha anao aho.

¹³And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.

¹³Fa hoy Jakoba taminy: Fantatr'itompokolahy fa mbola osa ny zaza, sady ampianahany ny ondry aman'osy sy ny omby ato amiko; koa raha hokorodonina indray andro aza ireo, dia ho faty avokoa ny ondry aman'osy rehetra.

¹⁴Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant, and I will drive on at my ease according to the pace of the cattle that is before me, and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.

¹⁴Trarantitra ianao, aoka itompokolahy hialoha ny mpanompony; ary izaho handeha miadana araka izay dian'ny omby aman'ondry, izay ho eo alohako, sy ny dian'ny zaza, mandra-pahatongako any amin'itompokolahy any Seira.

¹⁵And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of the people that are with me. And he said, What need? Let me find favour in the eyes of my lord.

¹⁵Ary hoy Esao: Masìna ianao, aoka ary mba hamelako hiaraka aminao ny olona izay momba ahy. Fa hoy Jakoba: Ahoana no anaovanao izany? Aoka hahita fitia eto imason'itompokolahy aho.

¹⁶And Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

¹⁶Dia niverina androtrizay Esao tamin'ny lalany ho any Seira.

¹⁷And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and for his cattle he made booths. Therefore the name of the place was called Succoth.

¹⁷Ary Jakoba nifindra nankany Sokota ka nanao trano ho azy ary nanao trano rantsan-kazo maromaro ho an'ny omby aman'ondriny; izany no nanaovana ny anaran'io tany io hoe Sokota.

¹⁸And Jacob came safely [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.

¹⁸Ary Jakoba tonga soa aman-tsara tao an-tanàna Sekema, izay eo amin'ny tany Kanana, rehefa avy tany Mesopotamia izy; dia nitoby tandrifin'ny tanàna.

¹⁹And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.

¹⁹Dia novidiny vola zato tamin'ny zanak'i Hamora, rain'i Sekema, ny tany izay nanorenany ny lainy.Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, ka nataony hoe El-elohe-Isiraely ny anarany.

²⁰And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

²⁰Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, ka nataony hoe El-elohe-Isiraely ny anarany.