¹In Jakob povzdigne oči in vidi, in glej, Ezav prihaja in štiristo mož ž njim. In razdeli otroke na Lejo in na Rahelo in na dve dekli;

¹And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

²in postavi dekli in njune otroke spredaj in Lejo in otroke njene za njimi, Rahelo pa in Jožefa najzadnje.

²and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

³Sam pa gre naprej pred njimi in se prikloni do tal sedemkrat, dokler pride blizu brata svojega.

³And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,

⁴A Ezav mu priteče naproti, ga objame, se mu oklene vratu in ga poljubi; in oba jočeta.

⁴and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

⁵In Ezav povzdigne oči, in ko zagleda žene in otroke, reče: Kdo so tebi tile? On odgovori: Otročiči so, ki jih je Bog milostno podaril hlapcu tvojemu.

⁵and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What [are] these to thee?` And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.`

⁶Nato pristopita dekli, oni in njuni otroci, ter se priklonijo.

⁶And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;

⁷Potem pristopi tudi Leja in otroci njeni ter se priklonijo; in naposled pristopi Jožef in Rahela ter se priklonita.

⁷and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.

⁸In vpraša Ezav: Kaj hočeš z vsem tistim krdelom, ki sem ga srečal? On pa reče: Da najdem milost v očeh gospoda svojega.

⁸And he saith, `What to thee [is] all this camp which I have met?` and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.`

⁹A Ezav veli: Jaz imam dovolj, brat moj; ti imej, kar je tvoje.

⁹And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.`

¹⁰In Jakob reče: Nikar; če sem res našel milost v tvojih očeh, prosim, sprejmi darilo moje iz roke moje; saj zategadelj sem zagledal obličje tvoje, kakor da bi bil zagledal obličje Božje, in blagovoljno si me sprejel.

¹⁰And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

¹¹Vzemi prosim, blagodar moj, ki so ga privedli k tebi, ker me je milostno obdaril Bog, da imam vsega dosti. In ker ga je silil, je sprejel.

¹¹receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all [things];` and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

¹²Nato reče: Napotiva se in idiva dalje, in jaz te bom spremljal.

¹²and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.`

¹³Jakob mu reče: Gospod moj ve, da so ti otroci nežni in da imam pri sebi ovce in krave doječe; ako jih bodo preveč gnali en dan, mi pogine vsa čreda.

¹³And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.

¹⁴Ide naj, prosim, gospod moj pred hlapcem svojim: Jaz pa pojdem počasi in polahkoma po hoji živine, ki je pred menoj, in po hoji otrok, dokler ne pridem k svojemu gospodu v Seir.

¹⁴Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I — I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.`

¹⁵Še reče Ezav: Postavim naj pri tebi nekoliko ljudstva, ki je z menoj. On pa reče: Čemu to? Da le milost najdem v očeh svojega gospoda!

¹⁵And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who [are] with me;` and he said, `Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.`

¹⁶Vrne se torej še tisti dan Ezav po svojem potu proti Seiru.

¹⁶And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

¹⁷Jakob pa se napoti v Sukot, kjer si zgradi hišo, živini pa svoji napravi stane. Zato se je imenoval tisti kraj Sukot [T. j. stanovi.].

¹⁷and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.

¹⁸In pride Jakob v miru [Ali: v Salem, mesto.] do mesta Sihema, ki je v deželi Kanaanski, ko je dospel iz Padan-arama, in postavi šatore pred mestom.

¹⁸And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,

¹⁹In kupi kos polja, na katerem je razpel šator svoj, od sinov Hamorja, očeta Sihemovega, za sto kesit [Kesita pomeni določeno težo srebra ali denarja.].In tu je postavil oltar in ga je imenoval: Bog mogočni je Bog Izraelov.

¹⁹and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

²⁰In tu je postavil oltar in ga je imenoval: Bog mogočni je Bog Izraelov.

²⁰and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God — the God of Israel.