Genesis 26
1 Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
II y eut une famine dans le pays, outre la première famine qui avait sévi du temps d’Abraham. Isaac alla chez Abimélec, roi des Philistins, à Gherar.
2 but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
Le Seigneur lui apparut et dit: "Ne descends pas en Egypte; fixe ta demeure dans le pays que je te désignerai.
3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
Arrête-toi dans ce pays ci, je serai avec toi et je te bénirai; car à toi et à ta postérité je donnerai toutes ces provinces, accomplissant ainsi le serment que j’ai fait à ton père Abraham.
4 I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
Je multiplierai ta race comme les astres du ciel; je lui donnerai toutes ces provinces et en ta race s’estimeront bénies toutes les nations du monde:
5 I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
En récompense de ce qu’Abraham a écouté ma voix et suivi mon observance, exécutant mes préceptes, mes lois et mes doctrines."
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
Et Isaac demeura à Gherar.
7 When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
Les habitants du lieu s’enquérant au sujet de sa femme, il dit: "Elle est ma sœur" car il n’osait dire ma femme: "les gens du lieu pourraient me tuer à cause de Rébecca, car elle est d’une grande beauté."
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Or, il y demeurait depuis longtemps lorsque Abimélec, roi des Philistins, regardant par la fenêtre, vit Isaac caresser Rébecca sa femme.
9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
Abimélec manda Isaac et dit: "Assurément, c’est ta femme; comment donc as tu pu dire: Elle est ma sœur!" Isaac lui répondit: "Parce que je me disais: Je pourrais périr à cause d’elle."
10 Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
Abimélec dit: "Que nous as tu fait là! Peu s’en est fallu que l’un de nous n’eut commencé commerce avec ta femme et tu nous aurais rendu coupables."
11 Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
Abimélec fit une injonction à tout le peuple, en disant: "Quiconque touchera à cet homme ou à sa femme sera puni de mort."
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Isaac sema dans ce pays-là et recueillit, cette même année, au centuple: tant le Seigneur le bénissait.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
Cet homme devint grand; puis sa grandeur alla croissant et enfin il fut très grand.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Il avait des possessions en menu bétail, des possessions en gros bétail, des cultures considérables et les Philistins le jalousèrent.
15 So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
Tous les puits qu’avaient creusés les serviteurs de son père, du temps de son père Abraham, les Philistins les comblèrent en les remplissant de terre.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
Abimélec dit à Isaac: "Cesse d’habiter avec nous car tu es trop puissant pour nous."
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
Isaac se retira de ce lieu, fit halte dans la vallée de Gherar et s’y établit.
18 There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
Isaac se remit à creuser les puits qu’on avait creusés du temps d’Abraham son père et que les Philistins avaient comblés après la mort d’Abraham. II leur imposa les mêmes noms que leur avait imposés son père.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Les serviteurs d’Isaac, en creusant dans la vallée, y découvrirent une source d’eau vive.
20 But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
Les pâtres de Gherar cherchèrent querelle à ceux d’Isaac, en disant: "L’Eau est à nous!" II appela ce puits Esek parce qu’on le lui avait contesté.
21 Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
lls creusèrent un nouveau puits sur lequel on se querella encore. II lui donna le nom de Sitna.
22 They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
Il délogea de là et creusa un autre puits, qu’on ne lui disputa point; il le nomma Rehoboth, disant: "Pour le coup, le Seigneur nous a élargis et nous prospérerons dans la contrée."
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
II monta de là à Beer Shava.
24 The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
L’Éternel se révéla à lui cette même nuit, en disant: "Je suis le Dieu d’Abraham ton père; sois sans crainte, car je suis avec toi, je te bénirai et je multiplierai ta race, pour l’amour d’Abraham mon serviteur."
25 So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
II érigea en ce lieu un autel et proclama le nom de l’Éternel. II y dressa sa tente et ses serviteurs y creusèrent un puits.
26 [While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
Or, Abimélec alla chez lui, de Gherar, avec Ahouzzath son confident et Pikol son général d’armée.
27 Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
Isaac leur dit: "Pourquoi êtes vous venus à moi, alors que vous me haïssez et que vous m’avez éconduit de chez vous?"
28 One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
Ils répondirent: "Nous avons bien vu que le Seigneur était avec toi et nous avons dit: ‘Oh! qu’il y ait un engagement réciproque entre nous et toi!’ Nous voudrions conclure ce pacte avec toi,
29 stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
que tu t’abstiendras de nous nuire, de même que nous ne t’avons pas touché, que nous en avons toujours bien usé avec toi et que nous t’avons renvoyé en paix. Maintenant, sois béni de Dieu!"
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
II leur prépara un festin, ils mangèrent et burent.
31 Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
Le lendemain de bon matin ils se prêtèrent serment l’un à l’autre; Isaac les reconduisit et ils le quittèrent amicalement.
32 That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
Or ce même jour, les serviteurs d’Isaac virent lui donner des nouvelles du puits qu’ils avaient creusé; ils lui dirent: "Nous avons trouvé de l’eau."
33 Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
Il le nomma Chiba; de là cette ville s’est nommée Beer Shava, nom qu’elle porte encore.
34 When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
Ésaü, âgé de quarante ans, prit pour femmes Judith, fille de Beéri le Héthéen et Bâsemath, fille d’Élôn le Héthéen.
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
Elles furent une amère affliction pour Isaac et pour Rébecca.
