創世記33:1-15

33:1 雅各舉目觀看，見以掃來了，後頭跟著四百人，他就把孩子們分開交給利亞、拉結，和兩個使女，
33:2 並且叫兩個使女和她們的孩子在前頭，利亞和她的孩子在後頭，拉結和約瑟在儘後頭。
33:3 他自己在他們前頭過去，一連七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥。
33:4 以掃跑來迎接他，將他抱住，又摟著他的頸項，與他親嘴，兩個人就哭了。
33:5 以掃舉目看見婦人孩子，就說：「這些和你同行的是誰呢？」雅各說：「這些孩子是上帝施恩給你的僕人的。」
33:6 於是兩個使女和她們的孩子前來下拜；
33:7 利亞和她的孩子也前來下拜；隨後約瑟和拉結也前來下拜。
33:8 以掃說：「我所遇見的這些群畜是甚麼意思呢？」雅各說：「是要在我主面前蒙恩的。」
33:9 以掃說：「兄弟啊，我的已經夠了，你的仍歸你吧！」
33:10 雅各說：「不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你從我手裡收下這禮物；因為我見了你的面，如同見了上帝的面，並且你容納了我。
33:11 求你收下我帶來給你的禮物；因為上帝恩待我，使我充足。」雅各再三地求他，他才收下了。
33:12 以掃說：「我們可以起身前往，我在你前頭走。」
33:13 雅各對他說：「我主知道孩子們年幼嬌嫩，牛羊也正在乳養的時候，若是催趕一天，群畜都必死了。
33:14 求我主在僕人前頭走，我要量著在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行，直走到西珥我主那裡。」
33:15 以掃說：「容我把跟隨我的人留幾個在你這裡。」雅各說：「何必呢？只要在我主眼前蒙恩就是了。」

 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants. ² He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear. ³ He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

⁴ But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. ⁵ Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.
Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
⁶ Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down. ⁷ Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.
⁸ Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”
“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.
⁹ But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
¹⁰ “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably. ¹¹ Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.
¹² Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”
¹³ But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. ¹⁴ So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”
¹⁵ Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”
“But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”

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    雅各和以掃的復和讓我們看見人和人之間的正確合宜的關係，這對雅各是非常重要的，因為錯的人是他不是以掃。然而以掃竟然沒有記恨，早就原諒雅各了，並且還帶400人，為了保乎雅各和他的家人。

    然而雅各也沒有表現失禮，因為他看見雅各的時候，「一連七次俯伏在地」！這是面對君王的時候，所行的大禮。不僅如此，還送以掃非常豐盛的禮物。以掃客氣不收，他還是要他收下。

    聖經在這方面的教導和榜樣，讓我們看見要用豐盛的厚禮對待人，是非常重要的！因為人是有必要受到尊榮，尊榮人就是尊榮上帝！因為人是按著上帝得形象被造的，是被上帝所寶貴與看重的！