Postanak 33
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Susret Jakova i Ezava
33 Jakov je podigao pogled i vidio Ezava kako dolazi s četiri stotine ljudi pa je podijelio djecu Lei, Raheli i dvjema sluškinjama. 2 Naprijed je stavio sluškinje i njihovu djecu, za njima Leu i njezinu djecu, a Rahelu i Josipa straga. 3 On sam išao je ispred njih i sedam puta se poklonio do zemlje približavajući se svome bratu.
4 Ezav mu potrča ususret i zagrli ga, objesi mu se oko vrata i poljubi ga, pa su obojica zaplakala. 5 Kad je Ezav podigao pogled i ugledao žene i djecu, upita: »Tko su ovi s tobom?«
»To su djeca koju je Bog milostivo dao tvome slugi«, odgovori Jakov.
6 Tada su prišle sluškinje sa svojom djecom i poklonili se. 7 Za njima je prišla Lea sa svojom djecom i poklonili se. Na kraju su prišli Rahela i Josip, pa su se i oni poklonili.
8 Ezav je upitao: »Što namjeravaš s onim stadima na koja sam naišao?«
»Steći tvoju naklonost, gospodaru«, odgovori Jakov.
9 No Ezav je rekao: »Ja već imam dovoljno, brate. Zadrži svoje za sebe.«
10 »Ne, molim te«, rekao je Jakov. »Ako sam stekao tvoju naklonost, primi taj dar od mene. Sad kad si me milostivo primio, vidjeti tvoje lice je kao vidjeti Božje lice. 11 Molim te, prihvati blagoslov koji sam ti donio jer mi je Bog bio naklonjen pa imam svega.« Tako ga je Jakov nagovarao i Ezav je prihvatio dar.
12 Zatim je Ezav rekao: »Krenimo sad na put. I ja ću s tobom.«
13 No Jakov odvrati: »Moj gospodaru, ti znaš da su djeca slabašna, a trebam paziti i na stoku koja doji. Ako stoku samo jedan dan previše tjeramo, sva će uginuti. 14 Neka moj gospodar ide ispred svog sluge, a ja ću polako, brzinom kojom mogu stoka i djeca, dok ne stignem k svome gospodaru u Seir.«
15 Ezav je rekao: »Daj da ostavim s tobom nekoliko mojih ljudi, da pomognu.«
»Ljubazno od tebe, gospodaru, ali ne treba«, odgovori Jakov. »Dosta mi je što imam tvoju naklonost.«
16 Tako je Ezav istog dana krenuo natrag u Seir. 17 No Jakov je otišao u Sukot i ondje dao izgraditi kuću i zaklone za stoku. Zato se to mjesto i zove Sukot[a].
18 Na kraju puta iz Mezopotamije, Jakov je sretno stigao do grada Šekema u Kanaanu i utaborio se pokraj grada. 19 Razapeo je svoj šator na zemlji koju je kupio za stotinu srebrnjaka od potomaka Hamora, Šekemovog oca. 20 Ondje je napravio žrtvenik i nazvao ga »Bog Izraelov je Bog«[b].
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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