32:6 The messengers returned to Jacob and said, “We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him.”
33:1 Jacob looked up 3 and saw that Esau was coming 4 along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants.
1 tn Or “Goyim.” See the note on the word “nations” in 14:1.
2 tn The Hebrew text has simply “against.” The word “fought” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his eyes.”
4 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.