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 33:13

33:13 But Jacob ⁵  said to him, “My lord knows that the children are young, ⁶  and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. ⁷  If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

Genesis 33:1

Jacob Meets Esau

33:1 Jacob looked up ⁸  and saw that Esau was coming ⁹  along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.

Genesis 33:14

33:14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, ¹⁰  until I come to my lord at Seir.”

[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.”

[33:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jacob) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “weak.”

[33:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the sheep and the cattle nursing [are] upon me.”

[33:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his eyes.”

[33:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “and look, Esau was coming.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to view the scene through Jacob’s eyes.

[33:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and I, I will move along according to my leisure at the foot of the property which is before me and at the foot of the children.”