Génesis 33

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1 Jacob levantó los ojos y vio que Esaú venía con cuatrocientos hombres. Repartió a los hijos entre Lea, Raquel y las dos siervas. 2 Puso delante a las siervas con sus hijos; después, a Lea con sus hijos; y al final, a Raquel y a José. 3 Él pasó delante de ellos y se inclinó a tierra siete veces, hasta acercarse a su hermano. 4 Esaú corrió a su encuentro, lo abrazó, se le echó al cuello y lo besó. Y los dos lloraron. 5 Esaú levantó los ojos y vio a las mujeres y a los hijos, y preguntó: «¿Quiénes son estos que vienen contigo?». Jacob respondió: «Son los hijos que Dios ha concedido por su gracia a tu siervo». 6 Se acercaron las siervas con sus hijos y se inclinaron. 7 También se acercaron Lea y sus hijos y se inclinaron. Después se acercaron José y Raquel y se inclinaron. 8 Esaú preguntó: «¿Qué te propones con todos estos grupos que he encontrado?». Jacob respondió: «Hallar favor ante mi señor». 9 Esaú dijo: «Yo tengo mucho, hermano mío. Quédate con lo que es tuyo». 10 Jacob respondió: «No, por favor. Si he hallado favor ante ti, acepta este regalo de mi mano, porque he visto tu rostro como quien ve el rostro de Dios, y me has recibido con agrado. 11 Acepta, por favor, esta bendición que te han traído, porque Dios me ha favorecido y tengo de todo». Le insistió, y Esaú lo aceptó. 12 Esaú dijo: «Pongámonos en camino. Yo iré delante de ti». 13 Jacob le respondió: «Mi señor sabe que los hijos son tiernos, y que tengo a mi cargo ovejas y vacas que amamantan. Si las fatigan un solo día, morirá todo el rebaño. 14 Que mi señor pase delante de su siervo. Yo avanzaré despacio, al paso del ganado que va delante de mí y al paso de los hijos, hasta llegar a mi señor en Seir». 15 Esaú dijo: «Déjame dejar contigo a algunos de los hombres que me acompañan». Jacob respondió: «¿Para qué? Basta con hallar favor ante mi señor». 16 Aquel mismo día Esaú emprendió el camino de regreso a Seir. 17 Jacob se dirigió a Sucot y construyó una casa para sí; para su ganado hizo cobertizos. Por eso llamó Sucot a aquel lugar. 18 Al volver de Padán-aram, Jacob llegó sano y salvo a la ciudad de Siquem, en la tierra de Canaán, y acampó frente a la ciudad. 19 Compró a los hijos de Hamor, padre de Siquem, la parcela donde había plantado su tienda, por cien piezas de plata. 20 Allí erigió un altar y lo llamó El-Elohe-Israel.

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Génesis 33:1

Ge 33:1-11. Kindness of Jacob and Esau.

1. behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men--Jacob having crossed the ford and ranged his wives and children in order--the dearest last, that they might be the least exposed to danger--awaited the expected interview. His faith was strengthened and his fears gone (Psa 27:3). Having had power to prevail with God, he was confident of the same power with man, according to the promise (compare Ge 32:28).

Génesis 33:3

3. he bowed himself ... seven times--The manner of doing this is by looking towards a superior and bowing with the upper part of the body brought parallel to the ground, then advancing a few steps and bowing again, and repeating his obeisance till, at the seventh time, the suppliant stands in the immediate presence of his superior. The members of his family did the same. This was a token of profound respect, and, though very marked, it would appear natural; for Esau being the elder brother, was, according to the custom of the East, entitled to respectful treatment from his younger brother. His attendants would be struck by it, and according to Eastern habits, would magnify it in the hearing of their master.

Génesis 33:4

4. Esau ran to meet him--What a sudden and surprising change! Whether the sight of the princely present and the profound homage of Jacob had produced this effect, or it proceeded from the impulsive character of Esau, the cherished enmity of twenty years in a moment disappeared; the weapons of war were laid aside, and the warmest tokens of mutual affection reciprocated between the brothers. But doubtless, the efficient cause was the secret, subduing influence of grace (Pr 21:1), which converted Esau from an enemy into a friend.

Génesis 33:5

5. Who are those with thee?--It might have been enough to say, They are my children; but Jacob was a pious man, and he could not give even a common answer but in the language of piety (Psa 127:3; 113:9; 107:41).

Génesis 33:11

11. He urged him and he took it--In the East the acceptance by a superior is a proof of friendship, and by an enemy, of reconciliation. It was on both accounts Jacob was so anxious that his brother should receive the cattle; and in Esau's acceptance he had the strongest proofs of a good feeling being established that Eastern notions admit of.

Génesis 33:12

Ge 33:12-20. The Parting.

12. And he said, Let us take our journey--Esau proposed to accompany Jacob and his family through the country, both as a mark of friendship and as an escort to guard them. But the proposal was prudently declined. Jacob did not need any worldly state or equipage. Notwithstanding the present cordiality, the brothers were so different in spirit, character, and habits--the one so much a man of the world, and the other a man of God, that there was great risk of something occurring to disturb the harmony. Jacob having alleged a very reasonable excuse for the tardiness of his movements, the brothers parted in peace.

Génesis 33:14

14. until I come unto my lord--It seems to have been Jacob's intention, passing round the Dead Sea, to visit his brother in Seir, and thus, without crossing the Jordan, go to Beer-sheba to Isaac; but he changed his plan, and whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.

Génesis 33:17

17. Jacob journeyed to Succoth--that is, "booths," that being the first station at which Jacob halted on his arrival in Canaan. His posterity, when dwelling in houses of stone, built a city there and called it Succoth, to commemorate the fact that their ancestor, "a Syrian ready to perish" [De 26:5], was glad to dwell in booths.

Génesis 33:18

18. Shalem--that is, "peace"; and the meaning may be that Jacob came into Canaan, arriving safe and sound at the city Shechem--a tribute to Him who had promised such a return (compare Ge 28:15). But most writers take Shalem as a proper name--a city of Shechem, and the site is marked by one of the little villages about two miles to the northeast. A little farther in the valley below Shechem "he bought a parcel of a field," thus being the first of the patriarchs who became a proprietor of land in Canaan.

Génesis 33:19

19. an hundred pieces of money--literally, "lambs"; probably a coin with the figure of a lamb on it.

Génesis 33:20

20. and he erected ... an altar--A beautiful proof of his personal piety, a most suitable conclusion to his journey, and a lasting memorial of a distinguished favor in the name "God, the God of Israel." Wherever we pitch a tent, God shall have an altar.

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