Genesis 33:5

33:5 When Esau ¹  looked up ²  and saw the women and the children, he asked, “Who are these people with you?” Jacob ³  replied, “The children whom God has graciously given ⁴  your servant.”

Genesis 33:11

33:11 Please take my present ⁵  that was brought to you, for God has been generous ⁶  to me and I have all I need.” ⁷  When Jacob urged him, he took it. ⁸ 

[33:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ² tn Heb “lifted up his eyes.”

[33:5]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:5]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to be gracious; to show favor”; here it carries the nuance “to give graciously.”

[33:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “blessing.” It is as if Jacob is trying to repay what he stole from his brother twenty years earlier.

[33:11]  ⁶ tn Or “gracious,” but in the specific sense of prosperity.

[33:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “all.”

[33:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he urged him and he took.” The referent of the first pronoun in the sequence (“he”) has been specified as “Jacob” in the translation for clarity.