Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 33 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Αναβλέψας δε ο Ιακώβ είδε· και ιδού, ο Ησαύ ήρχετο, και μετ' αυτού τετρακόσιοι άνδρες· και εμοίρασεν ο Ιακώβ τα παιδία εις την Λείαν και εις την Ραχήλ και εις τας δύο θεραπαίνας.
1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.
2 Και τας μεν θεραπαίνας και τα τέκνα αυτών έβαλεν έμπροσθεν, την δε Λείαν και τα τέκνα αυτής, κατόπιν, και την Ραχήλ και τον Ιωσήφ, τελευταίους.
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 Αυτός δε επέρασεν έμπροσθεν αυτών και προσεκύνησεν έως εδάφους επτάκις, έως να πλησιάση εις τον αδελφόν αυτού.
3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 Και έδραμεν ο Ησαύ εις συνάντησιν αυτού και ενηγκαλίσθη αυτόν και έπεσεν επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και κατεφίλησεν αυτόν· και έκλαυσαν.
4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
5 Και αναβλέψας είδε τας γυναίκας και τα παιδία· και είπε, Τι σου είναι ούτοι; Ο δε είπε τα παιδία, τα οποία εχάρισεν ο Θεός εις τον δούλον σου.
5 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
6 Τότε επλησίασαν αι θεράπαιναι, αυταί και τα τέκνα αυτών, και προσεκύνησαν·
6 Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 παρομοίως επλησίασαν και η Λεία και τα τέκνα αυτής, και προσεκύνησαν· και μετά ταύτα επλησίασαν ο Ιωσήφ και η Ραχήλ και προσεκύνησαν.
7 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 Και είπε, Προς τι άπαν το στρατόπεδόν σου τούτο, το οποίον απήντησα; Ο δε είπε, διά να εύρω χάριν έμπροσθεν του κυρίου μου.
8 Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”
9 Και είπεν ο Ησαύ, Έχω πολλά, αδελφέ μου· έχε συ τα ιδικά σου.
9 Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”
10 Και είπεν ο Ιακώβ, Ουχί, παρακαλώ· εάν εύρηκα χάριν έμπροσθέν σου, δέξαι το δώρον μου εκ των χειρών μου· διότι διά τούτο είδον το πρόσωπόν σου, ως εάν έβλεπον πρόσωπον Θεού, και συ ευηρεστήθης εις εμέ·
10 Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
11 δέξαι, παρακαλώ, τας ευλογίας μου, τας προσφερομένας προς σέ· διότι με ηλέησεν ο Θεός και έχω τα πάντα. Και εβίασεν αυτόν και εδέχθη.
11 Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
12 Και είπεν, Ας σηκωθώμεν και ας υπάγωμεν, και εγώ θέλω προπορεύεσθαι έμπροσθέν σου.
12 Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.”
13 Και είπε προς αυτόν ο Ιακώβ, Ο κύριός μου εξεύρει ότι τα παιδία είναι τρυφερά, και έχω μετ' εμού εγκυμονούντα πρόβατα και βόας· και εάν βιάσωσιν αυτά μίαν μόνην ημέραν, άπαν το ποίμνιον θέλει αποθάνει.
13 Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
14 Ας περάση, παρακαλώ, ο κύριός μου έμπροσθεν του δούλου αυτού· και εγώ θέλω ακολουθεί βραδέως, κατά το βάδισμα των κτηνών των έμπροσθέν μου, και κατά το βάδισμα των παιδαρίων, εωσού φθάσω προς τον κύριόν μου εις Σηείρ.
14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
15 Και είπεν ο Ησαύ, Ας αφήσω λοιπόν μετά σου μέρος εκ του λαού, του μετ' εμού. Ο δε είπε, Διά τι τούτο; αρκεί ότι εύρηκα χάριν έμπροσθεν του κυρίου μου.
15 Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
16 Επέστρεψε λοιπόν ο Ησαύ την ημέραν εκείνην εις την οδόν αυτού εις Σηείρ.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
17 Και απήλθεν ο Ιακώβ εις Σοκχώθ, και ωκοδόμησεν εις εαυτόν οικίαν, και διά τα κτήνη αυτού έκαμε σκηνάς· διά τούτο εκάλεσε το όνομα του τόπου Σοκχώθ.
17 Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 Και αφού επέστρεψεν ο Ιακώβ από Παδάν-αράμ, ήλθεν εις Σαλήμ, πόλιν Συχέμ, την εν τη γη Χαναάν· και κατεσκήνωσεν έμπροσθεν της πόλεως.
18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
19 Και ηγόρασε την μερίδα του αγρού, όπου έστησε την σκηνήν αυτού, παρά των υιών του Εμμώρ, πατρός του Συχέμ, δι' εκατόν αργύρια.
19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
20 Και έστησεν εκεί θυσιαστήριον, και εκάλεσεν αυτό Ελ-ελωέ-Ισραήλ.
20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Hamor
A Hivite, the prince of the region and father of Shechem, from whose sons Jacob bought the plot where he pitched his tent; he and Shechem agreed to circumcision in order to…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:6
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 32:6–7; Genesis 27:41–42; Genesis 32:16
- 2 Malachi 3:17; Genesis 30:22–24; Genesis 37:3; Genesis 29:30
- 3 Genesis 42:6; Luke 14:11; Genesis 18:2; Genesis 43:26; Ecclesiastes 10:4
- 4 Genesis 45:14–15; Psalm 34:4; Luke 15:20; Genesis 32:28; Genesis 45:2
- 5 Psalm 127:3; Isaiah 8:18; Genesis 48:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Samuel 1:27
- 8 Genesis 32:5; Genesis 39:5; Genesis 32:13–20; Esther 2:17
- 9 Genesis 27:39; Philemon 7; Proverbs 16:7; Acts 9:17; Judges 20:23
- 10 Job 33:26; Revelation 22:4; Genesis 32:30; Jeremiah 31:2; Exodus 33:12–13
- 11 Philippians 4:18; 1 Samuel 25:27; Genesis 33:9; 2 Kings 5:23; Genesis 30:43
- 13 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:15–16; John 21:15–17; 1 Chronicles 22:5; Proverbs 12:10
- 14 Isaiah 40:11; Genesis 32:3; Romans 15:1; Ezekiel 35:2–3; Mark 4:33
- 15 Ruth 2:13; Genesis 34:11; Genesis 47:25; 1 Samuel 25:8; 2 Samuel 16:4
- 17 Psalm 60:6; Judges 8:5; Joshua 13:27; Judges 8:8; Judges 8:16
- 18 Judges 9:1; Joshua 24:1; Acts 7:16; John 4:5; Genesis 25:20
- 19 Acts 7:16; John 4:5; Joshua 24:32; Genesis 34:2–31; Genesis 23:17–20
- 20 Genesis 35:7; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 32:28; Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7–8
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… to have so come to pass; for those blessings which say, "Be lord over thy brother, and let thy father's sons worship thee," had no accomplishment in himself (how could they, he being in fear and trembling, and worshipping his brother over and over again? ), but in his offspring they had.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… threescore and fifteen souls," he says, "Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he and our fathers, and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem." (v.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)