Parasha: Vayishlach · Aliyah: First (Chesed)

Genesis 32:4–32:13
ל"ב:ד׳ וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יַעֲקֹ֤ב מַלְאָכִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו אֶל־עֵשָׂ֖ו אָחִ֑יו אַ֥רְצָה שֵׂעִ֖יר שְׂדֵ֥ה אֱדֽוֹם׃
32:4 Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,
32:4 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
ל"ב:ד׳ וּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב אִזְגַּדִּין קֳדָמוֹהִי לְוַת עֵשָׂו אֲחוּהִי לְאַרְעָא דְשֵׂעִיר לַחֲקַל אֱדוֹם:
ל"ב:ה׳ וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדֹנִ֖י לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם־לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד־עָֽתָּה׃
32:5 and instructed them as follows, bOr “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau, ‘Thus says your servant Jacob:…’”“Thus shall you say, ‘To my lord Esau, thus says your servant Jacob:-b I stayed with Laban and remained until now;
32:5 And he commanded them, saying: ‘Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
ל"ב:ה׳ וּפַקִּיד יָתְהוֹן לְמֵימַר כְּדֵין תֵּימְרוּן לְרִבּוֹנִי לְעֵשָׂו כִּדְנַן אֲמַר עַבְדָּךְ יַעֲקֹב עִם לָבָן דָּרִית וְאוֹחָרִית עַד כְּעָן:
ל"ב:ו׳ וַֽיְהִי־לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר צֹ֖אן וְעֶ֣בֶד וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ לְהַגִּ֣יד לַֽאדֹנִ֔י לִמְצֹא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃
32:6 I have acquired cattle, asses, sheep, and male and female slaves; and I send this message to my lord in the hope of gaining your favor.’”
32:6 And I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and men-servants and maid-servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favour in thy sight.’
ל"ב:ו׳ וַהֲוָה לִי תּוֹרִין וַחֲמָרִין עָאן וְעַבְדִּין וְאַמְהָן וּשְׁלָחִית לְחַוָּאָה לְרִבּוֹנִי לְאַשְׁכָּחָא רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ:
ל"ב:ז׳ וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל־אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו וְגַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔ וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽוֹ׃
32:7 The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau; he himself is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”
32:7 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: ‘We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.’
ל"ב:ז׳ וְתָבוּ אִזְגַּדַּיָּא לְוַת יַעֲקֹב לְמֵימָר אֲתֵינָא לְוַת אָחוּךְ לְוַת עֵשָׂו וְאַף אָתֵי לְקַדָּמוּתָךְ וְאַרְבַּע מְאָה גַבְרָא עִמֵּיהּ:
ל"ב:ח׳ וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
32:8 Jacob was greatly frightened; in his anxiety, he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps,
32:8 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two camps.
ל"ב:ח׳ וּדְחִיל יַעֲקֹב לַחֲדָא וַעֲקַת לֵיהּ וּפַלֵּיג יָת עַמָּא דִי עִמֵּיהּ וְיָת עָנָא וְיָת תּוֹרֵי וְגַמְלַיָּא לִתְרֵין מַשִּׁירְיָן:
ל"ב:ט׳ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־יָב֥וֹא עֵשָׂ֛ו אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הָאַחַ֖ת וְהִכָּ֑הוּ וְהָיָ֛ה הַמַּחֲנֶ֥ה הַנִּשְׁאָ֖ר לִפְלֵיטָֽה׃
32:9 thinking, “If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, the other camp may yet escape.”
32:9 And he said: ‘If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.’
ל"ב:ט׳ וַאֲמַר אִם יֵיתֵי עֵשָׂו לְמַשְׁרִיתָא חֲדָא וְיִמְחִנֵּיהּ וִיהֵי (נ"א וְיִמְחֵנַהּ וּתְהִי) מַשְׁרִיתָא דְתִשְׁתָּאַר לְשֵׁיזָבָא:
ל"ב:י׳ וַיֹּאמֶר֮ יַעֲקֹב֒ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אָבִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם וֵאלֹהֵ֖י אָבִ֣י יִצְחָ֑ק יְהוָ֞ה הָאֹמֵ֣ר אֵלַ֗י שׁ֧וּב לְאַרְצְךָ֛ וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה עִמָּֽךְ׃
32:10 Then Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, ‘Return to your native land and I will deal bountifully with you’!
32:10 And Jacob said: ‘O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;
ל"ב:י׳ וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב אֱלָהֵהּ דְּאַבָּא אַבְרָהָם וֵאלָהֵהּ דְּאַבָּא יִצְחָק יְיָ דִּי אֲמַר לִי תּוּב לְאַרְעָךְ וּלְיַלָּדוּתָךְ וְאוֹטֵיב עִמָּךְ:
ל"ב:י"א קָטֹ֜נְתִּי מִכֹּ֤ל הַחֲסָדִים֙ וּמִכָּל־הָ֣אֱמֶ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתָ אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֣י בְמַקְלִ֗י עָבַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֣ן הַזֶּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֥ה הָיִ֖יתִי לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
32:11 I am unworthy of all the kindness that You have so steadfastly shown Your servant: with my staff alone I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
32:11 I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.
ל"ב:י"א זְעִירָן זָכוּתַי מִכֹּל חִסְדִּין וּמִכָּל טַבְוָן דִּי עֲבַדְתָּ עִם עַבְדָּךְ אֲרֵי יְחִידִי עֲבָרִית יָת יַרְדְּנָא הָדֵין וּכְעַן הַוֵיתִי לִתְרֵין (נ"א לְתַרְתֵּין) מַשִּׁרְיָן:
ל"ב:י"ב הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו כִּֽי־יָרֵ֤א אָנֹכִי֙ אֹת֔וֹ פֶּן־יָב֣וֹא וְהִכַּ֔נִי אֵ֖ם עַל־בָּנִֽים׃
32:12 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; else, I fear, he may come and strike me down, mothers and children alike.
32:12 Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.
ל"ב:י"ב שֵׁזַבְנִי כְעַן מִידָא דְאָחִי מִידָא דְעֵשָׂו אֲרֵי דַחֵל אֲנָא מִנֵּיהּ דִּילְמָא יֵיתֵי וְיִמְחִנַּנִי אִמָּא עַל בְּנַיָּא:
ל"ב:י"ג וְאַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֔רְתָּ הֵיטֵ֥ב אֵיטִ֖יב עִמָּ֑ךְ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּח֣וֹל הַיָּ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִסָּפֵ֖ר מֵרֹֽב׃
32:13 Yet You have said, ‘I will deal bountifully with you and make your offspring as the sands of the sea, which are too numerous to count.’”
32:13 And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’
ל"ב:י"ג וְאַתְּ אֲמַרְתָּ אוֹטָבָא אוֹטֵיב עִמָּךְ וֶאֱשַׁוִּי יָת בְּנָךְ סַגִּיאִין כְּחַלָּא דְיַמָּא דִּי לָא יִתִּמְנוּן מִסַּגִּי:

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