Genesis 33
Magandang Balita Biblia
Nagkita sina Jacob at Esau
33 Natanaw ni Jacob na dumarating si Esau kasama ang apatnaraan niyang tauhan. Kaya't pinasama niya ang mga bata sa kani-kanilang ina. 2 Nasa unahan ang dalawang asawang-lingkod at ang kanilang mga anak, kasunod si Lea at ang kanyang mga anak, at sa hulihan si Raquel at ang anak nitong si Jose. 3 Umuna si Jacob sa kanilang lahat at pitong ulit na yumukod hanggang sa makarating sa harapan ng kapatid. 4 Siya'y patakbong sinalubong ni Esau, niyakap nang mahigpit at hinagkan. Nag-iyakan ang magkapatid. 5 Nang makita ni Esau ang mga babae at mga bata, itinanong niya kung sino sila.
“Iyan ang mga anak na kaloob sa akin ng Diyos,” tugon ni Jacob. 6 Nagsilapit ang mga asawang-lingkod na kasama ang mga bata at yumukod; 7 sumunod si Lea at ang kasamang mga bata, at sa katapus-tapusa'y si Jose at si Raquel. Yumukod silang lahat at nagbigay-galang kay Esau.
8 “Ano naman ang mga kawan na nasalubong ko?” tanong ni Esau.
“Iyon ay mga pasalubong ko sa iyo,” sagot niya.
9 Ngunit sinabi ni Esau, “Sapat na ang kabuhayan ko. Sa iyo na lang iyan.”
10 Sinabi ni Jacob, “Hindi! Para sa iyo talaga ang mga iyan; tanggapin mo na kung talagang ako'y pinapatawad mo. Pagkakita ko sa mukha mo at madama ang magandang pagtanggap mo sa akin, para ko na ring nakita ang Diyos! 11 Kaya, tanggapin mo na ang regalo ko sa iyo. Naging mabuti sa akin ang Diyos; hindi ako kinapos sa anumang bagay.” At hindi niya tinigilan si Esau hanggang sa tanggapin nito ang kanyang kaloob.
12 “Sige, umalis na tayo, at ako na ang mauuna sa inyo,” sabi ni Esau.
13 Sinabi ni Jacob, “Ang mga bata'y mahina pa. Inaalaala ko rin ang mga tupa at bakang may bisiro. Kung tayo'y magmadali para makatipid ng isang araw, baka naman mamatay ang mga ito. 14 Mabuti pa, mauna ka na at kami'y susunod sa inyo. Sisikapin ko namang bilis-bilisan ang lakad hanggang kaya ng mga hayop at bata, at mag-aabot din tayo sa Seir.”
15 “Kung gayon, pasasamahan ko kayo sa ilang tauhan ko,” sabi ni Esau.
“Hindi na kailangan. Labis-labis na ang iyong kagandahang-loob sa akin,” sabi naman ni Jacob. 16 Nang araw na iyon ay umuna na si Esau papuntang Seir. 17 Pumunta naman si Jacob sa Sucot[a] at nagtayo roon ng kanyang toldang tirahan at kulungan ng mga hayop. Kaya, tinawag na Sucot ang lugar na iyon.
18 Mula sa Sucot, si Jacob ay tumawid sa Shekem at nagtayo ng kanyang tolda sa isang parang sa tapat ng lunsod. Nagbalik siya sa Canaan matapos manirahan nang matagal sa Mesopotamia. 19 Ang(A) parang na pinagtayuan niya ng tolda ay binili niya sa tagapagmana ni Hamor na ama ni Shekem sa halagang sandaang pirasong pilak. 20 Doon siya nagtayo ng altar at tinawag niyang El-Elohe-Israel, na ang kahulugan ay si El ang Diyos ng Israel.
Footnotes
- Genesis 33:17 SUCOT: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng salitang ito ay “mga toldang tirahan”.
Genesis 33
Amplified Bible
Jacob Meets Esau
33 Then Jacob looked up, and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. 2 He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. 3 Then Jacob crossed over [the stream] ahead of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times [bowing and moving forward each time], until he approached his brother.
4 But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and hugged his neck and kissed him, and they wept [for joy].(A) 5 Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, “Who are these with you?” So Jacob replied, “They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant.” 6 Then the maids approached with their children, and they bowed down. 7 Leah also approached with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel approached, and they bowed down. 8 Esau asked, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he answered, “[These are] to find favor in the sight of my lord.” 9 But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.” 10 Jacob replied, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift [as a blessing] from my hand, for I see your face as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably. 11 Please accept my blessing (gift) which has been brought to you, for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything [that I could possibly want].” So Jacob kept urging him and Esau accepted it.
12 Then Esau said, “Let us get started on our journey and I will go in front of you [to lead the way].” 13 But Jacob replied, “You know, my lord, that the children are frail and need gentle care, and the nursing flocks and herds [with young] are of concern to me; for if the men should drive them hard for a single day, all the flocks will die. 14 Please let my lord go on ahead of his servant, and I will move on slowly, governed by the pace of the livestock that are in front of me and according to the endurance of the children, [a]until I come to my lord in Seir [in Edom].”
15 Then Esau said, “Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.” But Jacob said, “[b]What need is there [for it]? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16 So Esau turned back [toward the south] that day on his way to Seir. 17 But Jacob journeyed [north] to Succoth, and built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock; so the name of the place is Succoth (huts, shelters).
Jacob Settles in Shechem
18 When Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the city of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and camped in front of the [walled] city. 19 Then he bought the piece of land on which he had pitched his tents from [c]the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred [d]pieces of money. 20 There he erected an altar and called it [e]El-Elohe-Israel.
Footnotes
- Genesis 33:14 Jacob must have been concerned about traveling through Edom and used this excuse to avoid following Esau to Seir. Indeed, he heads in the opposite direction.
- Genesis 33:15 Lit Why this?
- Genesis 33:19 Lit the hand of the sons.
- Genesis 33:19 Heb qesitah, an uncertain measure of weight; a rabbi once reported hearing the ma’ah, a small coin worth 1/12 of a shekel, called a qesitah.
- Genesis 33:20 I.e. God, the mighty God of Israel.
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