Genesis 33
1 And Jacob lifts up his eyes, and looks, and behold, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divides the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants;
Jacob, levant les yeux, aperçut Ésaü qui venait, accompagné de quatre cents hommes. II répartit les enfants entre Léa, Rachel et les deux servantes.
2 and he sets the maidservants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Il plaça les servantes avec leurs enfants au premier rang, Léa et ses enfants derrière, Rachel et Joseph les derniers.
3 And he himself passed over before them, and bows himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing near to his brother,
Pour lui, il prit les devants et se prosterna contre terre, sept fois, avant d’aborder son frère.
4 and Esau runs to meet him, and embraces him, and falls on his neck, and kisses him, and they weep;
Ésaü courut à sa rencontre, l’embrassa, se jeta à son cou et le baisa; et ils pleurèrent.
5 and he lifts up his eyes, and sees the women and the children, and says, “What [are] these to you?” And he says, “The children with whom God has favored your servant.”
En levant les yeux, il vit les femmes et les enfants et dit: "Que te sont ceux là?" II répondit: "Ce sont les enfants dont Dieu a gratifié ton serviteur."
6 And the maidservants draw near, they and their children, and bow themselves;
Les servantes s’approchèrent ainsi que leurs enfants et se prosternèrent.
7 and Leah also draws near, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterward Joseph has drawn near with Rachel, and they bow themselves.
Léa aussi s’approcha avec ses enfants et ils se prosternèrent; puis, Joseph s’approcha avec Rachel et ils seprosternèrent.
8 And he says, “What to you [is] all this camp which I have met?” And he says, “To find grace in the eyes of my lord.”
II reprit: "Qu’est ce que toute cette troupe, venant de ta part, que j’ai rencontrée?" II répondit: "Pour obtenir la bienveillance de mon seigneur."
9 And Esau says, “I have abundance, my brother, that which you have, let it be for yourself.”
Ésaü dit: "J’En ai amplement; mon frère, garde ce que tu as."
10 And Jacob says, “No, please, now if I have found grace in your eyes, then you have received my present from my hand, because that I have seen your face, as the seeing of the face of God, and you are pleased with me;
Jacob répondit: "Oh non! Si toutefois j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, tu accepteras cet hommage de ma main; puisque aussi bien j’ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face d’un puissant et que tu m’as agréé.
11 please receive my blessing which is brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all [things]”; and he presses on him, and he receives [it],
Reçois donc le présent que de ma part on t’a offert, puisque Dieu m’a favorisé et que je possède suffisamment." Sur ses instances Ésaü accepta.
12 and says, “Let us journey and go on, and I go on before you.”
Il dit: "Partons et marchons ensemble; je me conformerai à ton pas."
13 And he says to him, “My lord knows that the children [are] tender, and the suckling flock and the herd [are] with me; when they have beaten them one day, then all the flock has died.
Il lui répondit: "Mon seigneur sait que ces enfants sont délicats, que ce menu et ce gros bétail qui allaitent exigent mes soins; si on les surmène un seul jour, tout le jeune bétail périra.
14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which [is] before me, and to the foot of the children, until I come to my lord, to Seir.”
Que mon seigneur veuille passer devant son serviteur; moi, je cheminerai à ma commodité, selon le pas de la suite qui m’accompagne et selon le pas des enfants, jusqu’à ce que je rejoigne mon seigneur à Séir."
15 And Esau says, “Please let me place with you some of the people who [are] with me”; and he said, “Why [is] this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.”
Ésaü dit: "Je veux alors te faire escorter par une partie de mes hommes." II répondit: "A quoi bon? Je voudrais trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!"
16 And Esau turns back on that day on his way to Seir;
Ce jour même, Ésaü reprit le chemin de Séir.
17 and Jacob has journeyed to Succoth, and builds a house for himself, and has made shelters for his livestock, therefore he has called the name of the place Succoth.
Quant à Jacob, il se dirigea vers Soukkoth; il s’y bâtit une demeure et pour son bétail il fit des enclos: c’est pourquoi l’on appela cet endroit Soukkoth.
18 And Jacob comes safe [to the] city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encamps before the city,
Jacob arriva ensuite à Salem, ville de Sichem, dans le pays de Canaan, à son retour du territoire d’Aram; et il se fixa à l’entrée de cette ville.
19 and he buys the portion of the field where he has stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred kesitah;
Il acquit la portion de terrain ou il établit sa tente, de la main des enfants de Hamor, père de Sichem pour cent kesita.
20 and he sets up there an altar, and proclaims at it God—the God of Israel.
Il y érigea un autel qu’il dénomma: "le Seigneur est le Dieu d’Israël."
