Liber Genesis, 33

1. levans autem Jacob oculos suos vidit venientem Esau et cum eo quadringentos viros divisitque filios Liæ et Raël ambarumque famularum

1. And Jacob lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming, and with him four hundred men: and he divided the children of Lia, and of Rachel, and of the two handmaids:

2. et posuit utramque ancillam et liberos earum in principio Liam vero et filios ejus in secundo loco Raël autem et Joseph novissimos

2. And he put both the handmaids and their children foremost: and Lia and her children in the second place: and Rachel and Joseph last.

3. et ipse prægrediens adoravit pronus in terram septies donec adpropinquaret frater ejus

3. And he went forward and bowed down with his face to the ground seven times until his brother came near.

4. currens itaque Esau obviam fratri suo amplexatus est eum stringensque collum et osculans flevit

4. Then Esau ran to meet his brother, and embraced him: and clasping him fast about the neck, and kissing him, wept.

5. levatisque oculis vidit mulieres et parvulos earum et ait quid sibi volunt isti et si ad te pertinent respondit parvuli sunt quos donavit mihi Deus servo tuo

5. And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me thy servant.

6. et adpropinquantes ancillæ et filii earum incurvati sunt

6. Then the handmaids and their children came near, and bowed themselves.

7. accessitque Lia cum liberis suis et cum similiter adorassent extremi Joseph et Raël adoraverunt

7. Lia also with her children came near, and bowed down in like manner, and last of all Joseph and Rachel bowed down.

8. quænam sunt inquit istæ turmæ quas obvias habui respondit ut invenirem gratiam coram domino meo

8. And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favor before my lord.

9. et ille habeo ait plurima frater mi sint tua tibi

9. But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.

10. dixit Jacob noli ita obsecro sed si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis accipe munusculum de manibus meis sic enim vidi faciem tuam quasi viderim vultum Dei esto mihi propitius

10. And Jacob said: Do not so I beseech thee, but if I have found favor in thy eyes, receive a little present at my hands: for I have seen thy face, as if I should have seen the countenance of God: be gracious to me,

11. et suscipe benedictionem quam adtuli tibi et quam donavit mihi Deus tribuens omnia vix fratre conpellente suscipiens

11. And take the blessing, which I have brought thee, and which God hath given me, who giveth all things. He took it with much ado at his brother's earnest pressing him,

12. ait gradiamur simul eroque socius itineris tui

12. And said: Let us go on together, and I will accompany thee in thy journey.

13. dixit Jacob nosti domine mi quod parvulos habeam teneros et oves ac boves fetas mecum quas si plus in ambulando fecero laborare morientur una die cuncti greges

13. And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.

14. præcedat dominus meus ante servum suum et ego sequar paulatim vestigia ejus sicut videro posse parvulos meos donec veniam ad dominum meum in Seir

14. May it please my lord to go before his servant: and I will follow softly after him, as I shall see my children to be able, until I come to my lord in Seir.

15. respondit Esau oro te ut de populo qui mecum est saltem socii remaneant viæ tuæ non est inquit necesse hoc uno indigeo ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu domini mei

15. Esau answered: I beseech thee, that some of the people at least, who are with me, may stay to accompany thee in the way. And he said: There is no necessity: I want nothing else but only to find favor, my lord, in thy sight.

16. reversus est itaque illo die Esau itinere quo venerat in Seir

16. So Esau returned, that day, the way that he came, to Seir.

17. et Jacob venit in Soccoth ubi ædificata domo et fixis tentoriis appellavit nomen loci illius Soccoth id est Tabernacula

17. And Jacob came to Socoth: where having built a house, and pitched tents, he called the name of the place Socoth, that is, Tents.

18. transivitque in Salem urbem Sycimorum quæ est in terra Chanaan postquam regressus est de Mesopotamiam Syriæ et habitavit juxta oppidum

18. And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Chanaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town:

19. emitque partem agri in qua fixerat tabernaculum a filiis Emor patris Sychem centum agnis

19. And he bought that part of the field, in which he pitched his tents, of the children of Hemor, the father of Sichem for a hundred lambs.

20. et erecto ibi altari invocavit super illud Fortissimum Deum Israël

20. And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.