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| [1]And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens. |
[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 two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. |
[2]And he put the handmaydens & theyr chyldren formost, and Lea and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost |
| [3]But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew 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 on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept. |
[4]Esau ranne to meete hym, and imbraced him, and fel on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept |
| [5]And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed 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]And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence. |
[6]Then came the handmaydens foorth, and their chyldren, and dyd their obeysaunce |
| [7]And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence. |
[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 are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, 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 much, my brother; keep thine own. |
[9]And Esau saide: I haue inough my brother, kepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe |
| [10]And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-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]Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them. |
[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 depart, and proceed right onward. |
[12]And he saide: let vs take our iourney, and go, I wyll go before thee |
| [13]And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle 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 go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to 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, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, 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]And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir. |
[16]So Esau went his way agayne that same day vnto Seir |
| [17]And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths. |
[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 to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of 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 portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs. |
[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 set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel. |
[20]And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of Israel |