¹ Взглянул Иаков и увидел, и вот, идет Исав, и сним четыреста человек. И разделил детей Лии, Рахили и двух служанок.

² И поставил служанок и детей их впереди, Лию и детей ее за ними, аРахиль и Иосифа позади.

³ А сам пошел пред ними и поклонился до земли семь раз, подходя к брату своему.

⁴ И побежал Исав к нему навстречу и обнял его, и пал на шею его и целовал его, и плакали.

⁵ И взглянул и увидел жен и детей и сказал: ктоэто у тебя? Иаков сказал: дети, которых Бог даровал рабу твоему.

⁶ И подошли служанки и дети их и поклонились;

⁷ подошла и Лия и дети ее и поклонились; наконец подошли Иосиф и Рахиль и поклонились.

⁸ И сказал Исав: для чего у тебя это множество, которое я встретил? И сказал Иаков: дабыприобрести благоволение в очах господина моего.

⁹ Исав сказал: у меня много, брат мой; пусть будет твое у тебя.

¹⁰ Иаков сказал: нет, если я приобрел благоволение в очах твоих, прими дар мой от руки моей, ибо я увидел лице твое, как бы кто увидел лицеБожие, и ты был благосклонен ко мне;

¹¹ прими благословение мое, которое я принес тебе, потому что Бог даровал мне, и есть у меня все. И упросил его, и тот взял

¹² и сказал: поднимемся и пойдем; и я пойду пред тобою.

¹³ Иаков сказал ему: господин мой знает, что дети нежны, а мелкий икрупный скот у меня дойный: если погнать его один день,то помрет весь скот;

¹⁴ пусть господин мой пойдет впереди раба своего, а япойду медленно, как пойдет скот, который предо мною, и как пойдут дети, и приду к господину моему в Сеир.

¹⁵ Исав сказал: оставлю я с тобою несколько из людей, которые при мне. Иаков сказал: к чему это? только бы мне приобрести благоволение в очах господина моего!

¹⁶ И возвратился Исав в тот же день путем своим в Сеир.

¹⁷ А Иаков двинулся в Сокхоф, и построил себе дом, и для скота своегосделал шалаши. От сего он нарек имя месту: Сокхоф.

¹⁸ Иаков, возвратившись из Месопотамии, благополучно пришел в город Сихем, который в земле Ханаанской, и расположился пред городом.

¹⁹ И купил часть поля, на котором раскинул шатер свой, у сынов Еммора, отца Сихемова, за сто монет.

²⁰ И поставил там жертвенник, и призвал имя Господа Бога Израилева.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.

² He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name "Adam," in the day when they were created.

³ Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

⁴ The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

⁵ All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.

⁶ Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.

⁷ Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

⁸ All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.

⁹ Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.

¹⁰ Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹¹ All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.

¹² Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.

¹³ Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters

¹⁴ and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.

¹⁵ Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.

¹⁶ Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

¹⁷ All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.

¹⁸ Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.

¹⁹ Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁰ All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.

²¹ Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.

²² Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²³ All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.

²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

²⁵ Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.

²⁶ Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

²⁷ All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

²⁸ Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,

²⁹ and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."

³⁰ Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.

³¹ All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.

³² Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.