Genesis 21
1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as he had spoken.
Or le Seigneur visita Sara, comme il l’avait promis, et il accomplit ce qu’il avait dit.
2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Elle conçut et enfanta un fils dans sa vieillesse, au temps que Dieu lui avait prédit.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
Abraham appela son fils que lui engendra Sara, du nom d’Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Et il le circoncit le huitième jour, comme Dieu lui avait ordonné,
5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him.
Ayant alors cent ans: car c’est à cet âge de son père que naquit Isaac.
6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.
Et Sara dit: Dieu m’a donné sujet de rire: quiconque l’apprendra, rira avec moi.
7 And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should give sons suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
Elle dit encore: Qui aurait cru qu’Abraham entendrait dire que Sara allaiterait un fils qu’elle lui a enfanté lorsqu’il était déjà vieux?
8 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Cependant l’enfant grandit, et il fut sevré; et Abraham fit un grand festin au jour de son sevrage.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
Mais Sara ayant vu le fils d’Agar l’Egyptienne se raillant d’Isaac son fils, elle dit à Abraham:
10 Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Chasse cette servante et son fils; car le fils de la servante ne sera pas héritier avec mon fils Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.
C’est avec peine qu’Abraham accueillit cette parole à cause de son fils.
12 And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah says to thee, hearken to her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Dieu lui dit: Qu’elle ne te paraisse pas dure, cette parole sur l’enfant et sur la servante: quelque chose que te dise Sara, écoute sa voix; parce que c’est en Isaac que sera ta postérité.
13 And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.
Mais le fils même de la servante, je le ferai père d’une grande nation, parce qu’il est né de toi.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Abraham se leva donc le matin, et prenant du pain et une outre pleine d’eau, il les mit sur l’épaule d’Agar, lui donna l’enfant et la renvoya. Celle-ci s’en étant allée, errait dans le désert de Bersabée.
15 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Et quand l’eau de l’outre fut consommée, elle porta l’enfant sous un des arbres qui étaient là.
16 And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Et elle s’en alla et s’assit vis-à-vis, aussi loin qu’un arc peut lancer son trait; car elle dit: Je ne verrai pas mourir mon fils. Et assise en face, elle éleva sa voix et pleura.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Or Dieu entendit la voix de l’enfant: l’ange de Dieu appela Agar du ciel, disant: Que fais-tu, Agar? ne crains point, car Dieu a entendu la voix de l’enfant du lieu dans lequel il est.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Lève-toi, prends l’enfant et le tiens par la main; car je le ferai père d’une grande nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Alors Dieu lui ouvrit les yeux: et voyant un puits d’eau, elle alla et remplit l’outre, et donna à boire à l’enfant.
20 And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
Et Dieu fut avec lui: il grandit, demeura dans le désert, et devint un jeune homme habile à tirer de l’arc.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Il habita dans le désert de Pharan, et sa mère prit pour lui une femme de la terre d’Égypte.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou do.
En ce même temps Abimélech et Pichol, chef de son armée, dirent à Abraham: Dieu est avec toi en tout ce que tu fais.
23 Now therefore swear to me here by God that thou will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shall do to me, and to the land in which thou have sojourned.
Jure donc par Dieu que tu ne feras pas de mal, ni à moi, ni à mes enfants, ni à ma race; mais que selon la miséricorde que j’ai exercée envers toi, tu l’exerceras envers moi et envers la terre dans laquelle tu as demeuré comme étranger.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
Et Abraham dit: Je le jure.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water which Abimelech's servants had taken away violently.
Mais il se plaignit à Abimélech, à cause du puits d’eau que ses serviteurs lui avaient ôté avec violence.
26 And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing, neither did thou tell me, nor yet did I hear of it, but today.
Abimélech repartit: Je n’ai pas su qui a fait cela; mais toi-même, tu ne m’en as pas averti; et moi je n’en ai pas ouï parler, si ce n’est aujourd’hui.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. And the two made a covenant.
Abraham prit donc des brebis et des bœufs, et les donna à Abimélech, et ils firent tous deux alliance.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Et Abraham mit sept jeunes brebis de son troupeau à part.
29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs mean which thou have set by themselves?
Et Abimélech lui demanda: Que signifient ces jeunes brebis que tu as mises à part?
30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs thou shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.
Mais Abraham: Ces sept jeunes brebis, dit-il, tu les recevras de ma main, afin qu’elles me soient en témoignage que c’est moi qui ai creusé ce puits.
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they swore both of them.
C’est pourquoi ce lieu fut appelé Bersabée, parce que là l’un et l’autre jura.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
C’est ainsi qu’ils firent alliance, pour le puits du serment.
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
Abimélech se leva ensuite, et Pichol, chef de son armée, et ils retournèrent dans le pays des Philistins. Mais Abraham planta un bois à Bersabée, et il invoqua là le nom du Seigneur Dieu éternel.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
Et il demeura comme étranger dans la terre des Philistins, durant de longs jours.
