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| [1]And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. |
[1]Iacob lyftyng vp his eyes, looked, and beholde Esau came, hauyng with hym foure hundred men: and he deuided the childre vnto Lea, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaydens |
| [2]And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Josep hindermost. |
[2]And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost |
| [3]And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
[3]And he went before them, and bowed him selfe to the grounde seuen tymes, vntill he came to his brother |
| [4]And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept. |
[4]Esau ranne to meete hym, and imbraced him, and fel on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept |
| [5]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.' |
[5]And he lyft vp his eyes, and sawe the women & the children, and said: whence hast thou these? And he aunswered: they are the children which god hath geuen thy seruaunt |
| [6]Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed down. |
[6]Then came the handmaydens foorth, and their chyldren, and dyd their obeysaunce |
| [7]And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed down; and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed down. |
[7]Lea also with her children, came and dyd their obeysaunce? And last of all came Ioseph and Rachel, and dyd theyr obeysaunce |
| [8]And he said: 'What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favour in the sight of my lord.' |
[8]And he sayde: what is all the droue whiche I met? He aunswered: that I may finde grace in the sight of my lorde |
| [9]And Esau said: 'I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine.' |
[9]And Esau saide: I haue inough my brother, kepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe |
| [10]And Jacob said: 'Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour 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. |
[10]And Iacob answered: Nay I pray thee, but if I haue founde grace in thy sight, receaue I pray thee my present of my hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, and so thou hast receaued me to grace |
| [11]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. |
[11]Oh take my blessyng that is brought thee: for God hath had mercy on me, and I haue inough. And so he compelled him, and he toke it |
| [12]And he said: 'Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.' |
[12]And he saide: let vs take our iourney, and go, I wyll go before thee |
| [13]And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. |
[13]Iacob aunswered him: my lord, thou knowest that the chyldren are tender, and the small and great cattell with young vnder my handes, which if men should ouerdryue but euen one day, all the flocke wyll dye |
| [14]Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will journey 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.' |
[14]Oh let my Lorde go before his seruaunt, and I wyll dryue fayre and softly, according as the cattell that goeth before me, and the chyldren be able to endure, vntill I come vnto my Lord vnto Seir |
| [15]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 favour in the sight of my lord.' |
[15]And Esau sayd: I will leaue some of my folke with thee. And he aunswered: what needeth it? I shall finde grace in the sight of my Lorde |
| [16]So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. |
[16]So Esau went his way agayne that same day vnto Seir |
| [17]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. |
[17]And Iacob toke his iourney towarde Suchoth, and buylt him an house, and made boothes for his cattell: and therefore is it, that the name of the place is called Suchoth |
| [18]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. |
[18]And Iacob came to Sale, a citie of Sichem, whiche is in the lande of Chanaan, after that he was come from Mesopotamia, and pitched before the citie |
| [19]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. |
[19]And bought a parcell of grounde, where he pitched his tent, of the chyldren of Hemor Sichems father, for an hundreth peeces of money |
| [20]And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. |
[20]And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of Israel |