Genesis 12
1 And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father’s house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
L’Éternel dit à Abram: Vat’en de ton pays, de ta patrie, et de la maison de ton père, dans le pays que je te montrerai.
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Je ferai de toi une grande nation, et je te bénirai; je rendrai ton nom grand, et tu seras une source de bénédiction.
3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed:
Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et je maudirai ceux qui te maudiront; et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi.
4 So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth from Haran.
Abram partit, comme l’Éternel le lui avait dit, et Lot partit avec lui. Abram était âgé de soixante-quinze ans, lorsqu’il sortit de Charan.
5 And he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it,
Abram prit Saraï, sa femme, et Lot, fils de son frère, avec tous les biens qu’ils possédaient et les serviteurs qu’ils avaient acquis à Charan. Ils partirent pour aller dans le pays de Canaan, et ils arrivèrent au pays de Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land.
Abram parcourut le pays jusqu’au lieu nommé Sichem, jusqu’aux chênes de Moré. Les Cananéens étaient alors dans le pays.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
L’Éternel apparut à Abram, et dit: Je donnerai ce pays à ta postérité. Et Abram bâtit là un autel à l’Éternel, qui lui était apparu.
8 And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
Il se transporta de là vers la montagne, à l’orient de Béthel, et il dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Aï à l’orient. Il bâtit encore là un autel à l’Éternel, et il invoqua le nom de l’Éternel.
9 And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to the south.
Abram continua ses marches, en s’avançant vers le midi.
10 And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
Il y eut une famine dans le pays; et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, car la famine était grande dans le pays.
11 And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:
Comme il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï, sa femme: Voici, je sais que tu es une femme belle de figure.
12 And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.
Quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme! Et ils me tueront, et te laisseront la vie.
13 Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.
Dis, je te prie, que tu es ma sœur, afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi.
14 And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.
Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que la femme était fort belle.
15 And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.
Les grands de Pharaon la virent aussi et la vantèrent à Pharaon; et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison de Pharaon.
16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he asses, and men servants and maid servants, and she asses, and camels.
Il traita bien Abram à cause d’elle; et Abram reçut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses, et des chameaux.
17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Mais l’Éternel frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, au sujet de Saraï, femme d’Abram.
18 And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Alors Pharaon appela Abram, et dit: Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas déclaré que c’est ta femme?
19 For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now, therefore, there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Pourquoi as-tu dit: C’est ma sœur? Aussi l’ai-je prise pour ma femme. Maintenant, voici ta femme, prends-la, et va-t’en!
20 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Et Pharaon donna ordre à ses gens de le renvoyer, lui et sa femme, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait.
