Genesis 36:6

וַיִּקַּח עֵשָׂו אֶת־נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁוֹת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־קִנְיָנוֹ אֲשֶׁר רָכַשׁ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִפְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב אָחִֽיו׃

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✦ The same verse in five languages

Hebrew

וַיִּקַּ֣ח עֵשָׂ֡ו אֶת־נָ֠שָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו֮ וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁ֣וֹת בֵּיתוֹ֒ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵ֣הוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּ֗וֹ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־קִנְיָנ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רָכַ֖שׁ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֶל־אֶ֔רֶץ מִפְּנֵ֖י יַעֲקֹ֥ב אָחִֽיו׃

Greek (Septuagint)

ἔλαβεν δὲ Ἠσαὺ τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας καὶ πάντα τὰ σώματα τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὰ κτήνη, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐκτήσατο καὶ ὅσα περιεποιήσατο ἐν γῇ Χανάαν· καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκ γῆς Χανάαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰακὼβ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πολλὰ τοῦ οἰκεῖν ἅμα, καὶ

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Tulit autem Esau uxores suas et filios et filias, et omnem animam domus suæ, et substantiam, et pecora, et cuncta quæ habere poterat in terra Chanaan: et abiit in alteram regionem, recessitque a fratre suo Jacob.

Spanish

Esaú tomó a sus esposas, a sus hijos y a sus hijas, y a todas las personas de su familia, junto con su ganado, todos sus animales y todos los bienes que había acumulado en Canaán, y se fue a otra región, lejos de su hermano Jacob.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y Esaú tomó sus mujeres, y sus hijos, y sus hijas, y todas las personas de su casa, y sus ganados, y todas sus bestias, y toda su hacienda que había adquirido en la tierra de Canaán, y fuése á otra tierra de delante de Jacob su hermano:

English

Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Genesis 36:6 narrates that Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, all members of his household, his livestock and possessions accumulated in Canaan, and departed to another land, moving away from his brother Jacob.

Key words

va-yiqqach ("and he took", H3947G) — qal narrative verb (vav-consecutive), marking the next event in the story sequence: Esau's action of gathering.
nafshot beito ("people/souls of his household", H5315J + H1004M) — construct chain literally "souls of his house," a Hebrew idiom for household members (dependents, servants), not merely "wives and children" already listed.
rakhash ("he had accumulated", H7408) — qal perfect, denoting completed action prior to the main narrative verb; describes property gathered before the move.
mi-pnei ("from the face of", H9006 + H6440G) — construct phrase, literally "from the presence of," expressing spatial/relational separation, here from Jacob.
achiv ("his brother", H0251G) — construct noun with pronominal suffix, identifying Jacob's relationship to Esau within the same clause.

What the text says

The verse is built as a single long sentence dominated by one main verb, va-yiqqach ("and he took", H3947G), followed by a chain of direct objects marked repeatedly by the object marker 'et (H0853): wives, sons, daughters, "all the people of his household" (kol-nafshot beito), livestock (miqnehu), "all his animals" (kol-behemto), and "all his possessions" (kol-qinyano). Each item in this list is a construct-plus-suffix form ("X of his"), producing a rhythmic accumulation typical of Hebrew inventory lists. The relative clause asher rakhash be-'eretz Kena'an ("which he had accumulated in the land of Canaan", H0834A + H7408 + H0776G + H3667A) uses a qal perfect verb to mark this accumulation as completed action prior to the departure described next.

The second main verb, va-yelekh ("and he went", H1980G), introduces the movement itself. The phrase mi-pnei Ya'aqov achiv ("from the face of Jacob his brother", H9006+H6440G+H3290+H0251G) uses the idiom "face" (panim) governed by the preposition "from" to express separation from a person's presence, rather than a simple directional "away from."

Differences between versions

The LXX renders 'eretz (H0776G, "a land") without a specified destination as ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰακὼβ ("from the face of Jacob"), matching the Hebrew idiom, but adds a phrase not present in the Hebrew list: "ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα πολλὰ τοῦ οἰκεῖν ἅμα" ("for their possessions were too many to dwell together"), an explanatory clause absent from the Masoretic Hebrew text of this verse. The Vulgate renders the destination as "in alteram regionem" ("into another region"), interpreting the unspecified 'eretz (H0776G) more explicitly than the Hebrew, which simply says "to a land" without further qualification at this point in the verse.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.