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
New King James Version
Jacob and Esau Meet
33 Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, (A)Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2 And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. 3 Then he crossed over before them and (B)bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 (C)But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, (D)and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. 5 And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and children, and said, “Who are these with you?”
So he said, “The children (E)whom God has graciously given your servant.” 6 Then the maidservants came near, they and their children, and bowed down. 7 And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.
8 Then Esau said, “What do you mean by (F)all this company which I met?”
And he said, “These are (G)to find favor in the sight of my lord.”
9 But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
10 And Jacob said, “No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I (H)have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me. 11 Please, take (I)my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt (J)graciously with me, and because I have [a]enough.” (K)So he urged him, and he took it.
12 Then Esau said, “Let us take our journey; let us go, and I will go before you.”
13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die. 14 Please let my lord go on ahead before his servant. I will lead on slowly at a pace which the livestock that go before me, and the children, [b]are able to endure, until I come to my lord (L)in Seir.”
15 And Esau said, “Now let me leave with you some of the people who are with me.”
But he said, “What need is there? (M)Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to (N)Succoth, built himself a house, and made [c]booths for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called [d]Succoth.
Jacob Comes to Canaan
18 Then Jacob came [e]safely to (O)the city of (P)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city. 19 And (Q)he bought the parcel of [f]land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money. 20 Then he erected an altar there and called it (R)El[g] Elohe Israel.
Footnotes
- Genesis 33:11 Lit. all
- Genesis 33:14 can stand
- Genesis 33:17 shelters
- Genesis 33:17 Lit. Booths
- Genesis 33:18 Or to Shalem, a city of
- Genesis 33:19 Lit. the field
- Genesis 33:20 Lit. God, the God of Israel
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
