參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本    

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1. And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau came, and four hundred men with him. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids.

2. And he put the handmaids and their children first, and Leah and her children afterward, and Rachel and Joseph last.

3. And he passed over in front of them and bowed himself to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.

4. And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him. And they wept.

5. And Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the boys, and said, “Who are these with you?” And he said, “The boys with whom God has favored your servant.”

6. Then the handmaids came near, they and their boys, and they bowed themselves.

7. And Leah also, and her children, came near and bowed themselves. And afterward Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed.

8. He asked, “Whose is all this camp which I met?” And he said, “To find grace in the sight of my lord.”

9. And Esau said, “I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have yourself.”

10. And Jacob said, “No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand; for therefore have I seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

11. Please take my blessing that is brought to you because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” And he urged him, and he accepted.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 雅各在中途，遠遠看到以掃帶著四百人前來。於是把11位孩子分散給利亞、拉結和兩個婢女看管。

2. 雅各安排婢女與孩子們走在前面，利亞和她的孩子跟隨其後，拉結和細仔約瑟走在最後。

3. 一見以掃，便超前，連繽七起七下俯伏前進，直至哥哥跟前。

4. 以掃見狀，立馬跑去迎接，並緊緊地擁抱，摟住頸項，連連親臉。兩人都情不自禁下哭了。

5. 以掃一看眾婦女和孩子，問道：這些和你一起的是誰？雅各回說：是耶和華恩賜的。

6. 言罷，一眾婢女和孩子們都上前跪拜。

7 利亞和她的孩子先上前，隨後是細仔約瑟和拉結，前來跪拜行禮。

8. 以掃問道：這大群的牲畜屬誰的？雅各回說：都是耶和華所賜。

9. 以掃說：弟弟，我已經夠了，自己留著吧。

10 雅各回應：不，若嫌不棄，能收下我誠心送你的禮物，表示願意接納我，正如耶和華接納我一樣。

11. 雅各不斷去請求收下這些禮物，並說是耶和華實在賜大福給他，以掃最後，欣然去接受這份大禮。

摩西似乎是在記述一個愎和之旅，一位誠心一位有意，兄弟以前縱有不是，都是財物，不是性命尤關，而財物都是身外，不及親情的可貴。

人犯了過錯，總會認為 [受害] 人會因此存怨恨，也許近代的人會有，也不是個個如是，何況他們是兄弟。兄弟是情義為尚，可惜日子久了，受人強調人不為己天誅地滅這樣的言論，深入人心影響，總是覺得沒有可能，現實又似乎對應。在那個時代不一樣就是。

人間世是這樣子，若相信耶和華在就不一樣，有信心也有勇氣去行出這一步。

雅各有心去收補那份關係的裂縫，就要有足夠的誠意去表達。如果他沒盡一己之力，相信耶和華切有祝福，這結果也許不是這樣豐富。他是盡了一己之力而來。許多信眾不是這樣，大多去等耶和華主動 (這個想法很普遍似的) 那樣子，耶和華主動是因為人盡力而不及，不是有能力不出。不出力也沒有問題，耶和華也是會陪你一起，不會因此離棄，這點可以放心，因為有應許的約在。

摩西對二兄弟對答的描述就那麼幾句，卻表現出二者都有份誠意去修補。這是對事件認知有著同一理解：親人。親人，是生命中僅有的連繫，不是身外之物，值得努力爭取回來，財物損失是一時，不是一世，守住親人比什麼都來得貴重。

最近看到一則李家鼎大兒子那不肖事件 (苛索無度)，那是人的私慾無限，不放親情是唯一最有價值的地方，那結局才是人間不可原諒的悲劇。

雅各去和解的整個情節，這是一個可能出現的解釋，不同的領受有不同的解讀，結局就不會一樣。這個解釋基調，是心中相信耶和華的人，都會選擇原諒，因為事件都在不經意下發生的事。諒解，是拆除恨意重建關係的重要因素。

當了解某人心中有耶和華在，或是心善之人，大家若有嫌隙，可以放膽帶著平和的心去處理。帶隨禮物一起是個好主意，形式是多樣，認為這是個復和可行的手段，就分享在有須要的時候或有須要的人身上。