Genesis 30
1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
Rachel voyant qu'elle n'enfantait pas d'enfant à Jacob, fut jalouse de sa sœur, et elle dit à Jacob: " Donne-moi des enfants, ou je meurs! "
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
La colère de Jacob s'enflamma contre Rachel, et il dit: " Suis-je à la place de Dieu, qui t'a refusé la fécondité? "
3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
Elle dit: " Voici ma servante Bala; va vers elle; qu'elle enfante sur mes genoux, et par elle j'aurai, moi aussi, une famille. "
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
Et elle lui donna Bala, sa servante, pour femme, et Jacob alla vers elle.
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
Bala conçut et enfanta un fils à Jacob.
6 Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
Et Rachel dit: " Dieu m'a rendu justice, et même il a entendu ma voix et m'a donné un fils. " C'est pourquoi elle le nomma Dan.
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Bala, servante de Rachel, conçut encore et enfanta un second fils à Jacob.
8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
Et Rachel dit: " J'ai lutté auprès de Dieu à l'encontre de ma sœur, et je l'ai emporté. " Et elle le nomma Nephthali.
9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
Lorsque Lia vit qu'elle avait cessé d'avoir des enfants, elle prit Zelpha, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Jacob.
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Zelpha, servante de Lia, enfanta un fils à Jacob;
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
et Lia dit: " Quelle bonne fortune! " et elle le nomma Gad.
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Zelpha, servante de Lia, enfanta un second fils à Jacob;
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
et Lia dit: " Pour mon bonheur! car les filles me diront bienheureuse. " Et elle le nomma Aser.
14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
Ruben sortit au temps de la moisson des blés et, ayant trouvé des mandragores dans les champs, il les apporta à Lia, sa mère. Alors Rachel dit à Lia: " Donne-moi, je te prie, des mandragores de ton fils. "
15 But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
Elle lui répondit: " Est-ce peu que tu aies pris mon mari, pour que tu prennes encore les mandragores de mon fils? " Et Rachel dit: " Eh bien, qu'il couche avec toi cette nuit pour les mandragores de ton fils. "
16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
Le soir, comme Jacob revenait des champs, Lia sortit à sa rencontre et lui dit: " C'est vers moi que tu viendras, car je t'ai loué pour les mandragores de mon fils. " Et il coucha avec elle cette nuit-là.
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Dieu exauça Lia; elle conçut et enfanta à Jacob un cinquième fils;
18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
et Lia dit: " Dieu m'a donné mon salaire, parce que j'ai donné ma servante à mon mari. " Et elle le nomma Issachar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
Lia conçut encore et enfanta un sixième fils à Jacob;
20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
et elle dit: " Dieu m'a fait un beau don; cette fois mon mari habitera avec moi, puisque je lui ai enfanté six fils. " Et elle le nomma Zabulon.
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Elle enfanta ensuite une fille, qu'elle appela Dina.
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Dieu se souvint de Rachel; il l'exauça et la rendit féconde.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
Elle conçut et enfanta un fils, et elle dit: " Dieu a ôté mon opprobre. "
24 She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
Et elle le nomma Joseph, en disant: " Que Yahweh m'ajoute encore un autre fils! "
25 After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
Lorsque Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, Jacob dit à Laban: " Laisse-moi partir, et que je retourne chez moi, dans mon pays.
26 You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
Donne-moi mes femmes, ainsi que mes enfants, pour lesquels je t'ai servi, et je m'en irai, car tu sais quel service j'ai fait pour toi. "
27 But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
Laban lui dit: " Si j'ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux... J'ai observé que Yahweh m'a béni à cause de toi;
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
fixe-moi ton salaire, et je te le donnerai. "
29 Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
Jacob lui dit: " Tu sais toi-même comment je t'ai servi et ce qu'est devenu ton bétail avec moi.
30 You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
Car c'était peu de chose que ton bien avant moi; mais il s'est extrêmement accru, et Yahweh t'a béni sur mes pas. Maintenant quand travaillerai-je aussi pour ma maison? "
31 Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
Laban dit: " Que te donnerai-je? " Et Jacob dit: " Tu ne me donneras rien. Si tu m'accordes ce que je vais dire, je recommencerai à paître ton troupeau et à le garder.
32 Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
Je passerai aujourd'hui à travers tout ton troupeau, en mettant à part parmi les agneaux toute bête tachetée et marquetée et toute bête noire, et parmi les chèvres tout ce qui est marqueté et tacheté: ce sera mon salaire.
33 In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
Ma droiture témoignera pour moi demain, quand tu viendras reconnaître mon salaire. Tout ce qui ne sera pas tacheté et marqueté parmi les chèvres, et noir parmi les agneaux sera chez moi un vol.
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
Laban dit: " Eh bien, qu'il en soit selon ta parole. "
35 But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
Et le jour même, il mit à part les boucs rayés et marquetés, toutes les chèvres tachetées et marquetées, toutes celles qui avaient du blanc, et tout ce qui était noir parmi les agneaux; et il les mit entre les mains de ses fils.
36 Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Puis il mit l'espace de trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob. Et Jacob faisait paître le reste du troupeau de Laban.
37 Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
Jacob prit des baguettes vertes de peuplier, d'amandier et de platane; il y pela des bandes blanches, mettant à nu le blanc qui était sur les baguettes.
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
Puis il plaça les baguettes qu'il avait pelées en regard des brebis dans les rigoles, dans les abreuvoirs où les brebis venaient boire; et elles entraient en chaleur quand elles venaient boire.
39 The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
Et les brebis, entrant en chaleur devant les baguettes, faisaient des petits rayés, tachetés et marquetés.
40 Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
Jacob mettait à part les agneaux, et il tournait la face du troupeau vers ce qui était rayé et tout ce qui était noir dans le troupeau de Laban. Il se fit ainsi des troupeaux à lui, qu'il ne joignit pas au troupeau de Laban.
41 In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
En outre, c'était quand les brebis vigoureuses entraient en chaleur que Jacob mettait sous les yeux des brebis les baguettes dans les abreuvoirs, afin qu'elles entrassent en chaleur près des baguettes.
42 But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
Quand les brebis étaient chétives, il ne les mettait point, en sorte que les agneaux chétifs étaient pour Laban, et les vigoureux pour Jacob.
43 As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
Cet homme devint ainsi extrêmement riche; il eut de nombreux troupeaux, des servantes et des serviteurs, des chameaux et des ânes
