Genesis Chapter 33 — Jacob Meets Esau | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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וַיִּשָּׂא יַעֲקֹב עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה עֵשָׂו בָּא

KJVAnd 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.

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him.

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וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת הַשְּׁפָחוֹת וְאֶת יַלְדֵיהֶן רִאשֹׁנָה

KJVAnd he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

And he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.

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וְהוּא עָבַר לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ אַרְצָה

KJVAnd he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

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וַיָּרָץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ

KJVAnd Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

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

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וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת הַנָּשִׁים

KJVAnd he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, "Who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

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וַתִּגַּשְׁןָ הַשְּׁפָחוֹת הֵנָּה וְיַלְדֵיהֶן

KJVThen the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

Then the servants drew near, they and their children, and bowed down.

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וַתִּגַּשׁ גַּם לֵאָה וִילָדֶיהָ

KJVAnd Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down. And last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down.

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וַיֹּאמֶר מִי לְךָ כָּל הַמַּחֲנֶה הַזֶּה

KJVAnd he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company that I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

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וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו יֶשׁ לִי רָב

KJVAnd Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself."

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וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב אַל נָא אִם נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן

KJVAnd Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Jacob said, "No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me."

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קַח נָא אֶת בִּרְכָתִי אֲשֶׁר הֻבָאת לָךְ

KJVTake, I pray thee, my blessing 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.

Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.

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וַיֹּאמֶר נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵכָה

KJVAnd he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

Then Esau said, "Let us journey on our way, and I will go ahead of you."

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וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲדֹנִי יֹדֵעַ

KJVAnd he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the nursing flocks and herds are a care to me."

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יַעֲבָר נָא אֲדֹנִי לִפְנֵי עַבְדּוֹ

KJVLet my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Let my lord pass on ahead of his servant, and I will lead on slowly, at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.

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וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אַצִּיגָה נָּא עִמְּךָ

KJVAnd 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 grace in the sight of my lord.

So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."

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וַיָּשָׁב בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא עֵשָׂו לְדַרְכּוֹ שֵׂעִירָה

KJVSo Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

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וְיַעֲקֹב נָסַע סֻכֹּתָה

KJVAnd Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house and made booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

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וַיָּבֹא יַעֲקֹב שָׁלֵם עִיר שְׁכֶם

KJVAnd Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.

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וַיִּקֶן אֶת חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה

KJVAnd he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.

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וַיַּצֶּב שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיִּקְרָא לוֹ אֵל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

KJVAnd he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Genesis — Chapter 33