Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And Jacob lifteth
up his eyes, and looketh
, and lo
, Esau is
coming
, and with him four hundred men ;
and he divideth
the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;
And 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 he setteth
the maid-servants
and their children first
, and Leah and her children behind
, and Rachel and Joseph last
.
And he put
the handmaids
and their children foremost
, and Leah and her children after
, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost
.
And he himself
passed over before them, and boweth
himself to the earth
seven times, until his
drawing
nigh
unto
his brother ,
And he passed over before them, and bowed
himself to the ground
seven times, until he
came
near
to
his brother .
and Esau runneth
to meet him, and embraceth
him, and falleth
on his neck, and kisseth
him ,
and they weep;
And Esau ran
to meet him, and embraced
him, and fell
on his neck, and kissed
him :
and they wept.
and he lifteth
up his eyes, and seeth
the women and the children ,
and saith
, `What
`
are '
these
to
thee? '
And he saith
, `
The children with
whom
God hath favoured
thy servant. '
And 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
the maid-servants
draw
nigh
, they and their children, and bow
themselves ;
Then
the handmaidens
came
near
, they and their children, and they
bowed
themselves .
and Leah also draweth
nigh,
and
her children, and they
bow
themselves ;
and afterwards
Joseph hath
drawn
nigh
with
Rachel, and they bow
themselves.
And Leah also with
her children came
near
, and bowed
themselves :
and after
came
Joseph near
and
Rachel, and they bowed
themselves.
And he saith
, `
What to
thee
`is'
all this camp
which I have
met? '
and he saith
, `
To find grace in the eyes
of my lord. '
And 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.
And Esau saith
, `
I have abundance
, my brother ,
let
it
be
to
thyself
that which
thou hast. '
And Esau said
, I have enough
, my brother ;
keep
that thou hast unto
thyself
.
And Jacob saith
, `
Nay, I pray thee, if ,
I
pray
thee,
I have found grace in thine
eyes
, then thou
hast
received
my present from
my hand ,
because
that
I have seen thy face, as the
seeing
of
the face of God, and thou art
pleased with me ;
And 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 .
receive
, I pray thee, my blessing ,
which
is brought to thee ,
because God hath favoured
me, and because I have all
`things';'
and he presseth
on
him, and he receiveth,
Take
, 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.
and saith
, `
Let us journey and go on
, and I go on
before thee. '
And he
said
, Let us take
our
journey ,
and let
us
go, and I will
go before thee.
And he saith
unto him, `
My lord knoweth that the children `
are '
tender, and the suckling
flock
and the
herd
`
are '
with me ;
when
they
have
beaten
them one day, then
hath
all the flock died
.
And 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
.
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant ,
and I --
I
lead on gently
, according to
the
foot
of
the work
which
`is'
before me ,
and to
the foot
of
the
children, until that
I come unto my lord ,
to
Seir. '
Let 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.
And Esau saith
, `
Let me ,
I
pray
thee,
place
with thee some of the people
who
`
are '
with me ;'
and he said, `Why
`is'
this
? I
find grace in the eyes
of my lord. '
And 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.
And
turn
back
on
that day doth
Esau
on his way to
Seir ;
So
Esau
returned
that day on his way unto
Seir .
and Jacob hath
journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth
to
himself
a
house, and for his cattle hath
made
booths,
therefore hath
he
called
the name of the place Succoth.
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built
him
an
house, and made
booths
for his cattle :
therefore the name of the place is
called
Succoth.
And Jacob cometh
in
to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which `
is '
in the land of Canaan, in
his
coming
from Padan-Aram,
and encampeth
before the city ,
And Jacob came
to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when
he
came
from Padanaram;
and pitched
his
tent
before the city .
and he buyeth
the
portion
of the
field where he hath
stretched
out
his tent, from
the hand of the sons
of Hamor, father of
Shechem
, for a
hundred kesitah;
And 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 he setteth
up
there an altar, and proclaimeth
at
it God
--
the
God
of
Israel
.
And he erected
there an altar, and called
it EleloheIsrael
.
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