Genesis 12
1 Now God had said to Abram, "Go out from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
Yahweh dit à Abram: « Va-t-en de ton pays, de ta famille et de la maison de ton père, dans le pays que je te montrerai.
2 And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you will be a blessing.
Je ferai de toi une grande nation, je te bénirai et je rendrai grand ton nom. Tu seras une bénédiction:
3 And I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who treat you with contempt, and through you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et celui qui te maudira, je le maudirai, et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi. »
4 So Abram left, as God had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Abram partit, comme Yahweh le lui avait dit, et Lot s’en alla avec lui. Abram avait soixante-quinze ans quand il sortit de Haran.
5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they left to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to the land of Canaan,
Abram prit Saraï, sa femme, et Lot, fils de son frère, ainsi que tous les biens qu’ils possédaient et les serviteurs qu’ils avaient acquis à Haran, et ils partirent pour aller au pays de Canaan. Et ils arrivèrent au pays de Canaan.
6 and Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Abram traversa le pays jusqu’au lieu nommé Sichem, jusqu’au chêne de Moré. — Les Chananéens étaient alors dans le pays. —
7 Then God appeared to Abram and said to him, "I will give this land to your offspring." He built an altar there God, who appeared to him.
Yahweh apparut à Abram et lui dit: « je donnerai ce pays à ta postérité. » Et Abram bâtit là un autel à Yahweh qui lui était apparu.
8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar and called on the name of God.
Il passa de là à la montagne, à l’orient de Béthel, et il dressa sa tente, ayant Béthel au couchant et Haï à l’orient. Là encore il bâtit un autel à Yahweh, et il invoqua le nom de Yahweh.
9 And Abram traveled on, continuing toward the Negev.
Puis Abram s’avança, de campement en campement, vers le Midi.
10 There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine was severe 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 It happened, when he had come near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
Comme il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï, sa femme: « Voici, je sais que tu es une belle femme;
12 It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' And they will kill me, but they will let you live.
quand les Egyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme, et ils me tueront et te laisseront vivre.
13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you."
Dis donc que tu es ma sœur, afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi, et qu’on me laisse la vie par égard pour toi. »
14 It happened that when Abram had come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Egyptiens virent que sa femme était fort belle.
15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into the household of Pharaoh.
Les grands de Pharaon, l’ayant vue, la vantèrent à Pharaon, et cette femme fut prise et emmenée dans la maison de Pharaon.
16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake, and he acquired sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, 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 God plagued Pharaoh and his house with great and grievous plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Mais Yahweh frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, femme d’Abram.
18 Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Pharaon appela alors Abram et lui dit: « Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas déclaré qu’elle était ta femme?
19 Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, look, your wife is before you. Take, and go."
Pourquoi as-tu dit: C’est ma sœur; de sorte que je l’ai prise pour femme? Maintenant, voici ta femme; prends-la et va-t’en! »
20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
Et Pharaon, ayant donné des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram, ils le renvoyèrent, lui et sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
