Genesis 33
1 [Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
Et Jacob leva ses yeux, et regarda; et voici, Ésaü venait, et 400 hommes avec lui. Et il partagea les enfants entre Léa et Rachel et les deux servantes.
2 He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Et il mit à la tête les servantes et leurs enfants, et puis Léa et ses enfants, et puis Rachel et Joseph.
3 He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
Et il passa devant eux, et se prosterna en terre par sept fois, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit proche de son frère.
4 But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
Et Ésaü courut à sa rencontre, et l’embrassa, et se jeta à son cou, et lui donna un baiser; et ils pleurèrent.
5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
Et il leva ses yeux, et vit les femmes et les enfants, et dit: Que te sont-ils, ceux-là? Et il dit: Ce sont les enfants que Dieu a donnés à ton serviteur.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
Et les servantes s’approchèrent, elles et leurs enfants, et se prosternèrent.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Et Léa aussi s’approcha avec ses enfants, et ils se prosternèrent; et ensuite Joseph et Rachel s’approchèrent, et se prosternèrent.
8 Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
Et il dit: Que veux-tu avec tout ce camp que j’ai rencontré? Et il dit: C’est pour trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Et Ésaü dit: J’ai [de tout] en abondance, mon frère; que ce qui est à toi soit à toi.
10 But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
Et Jacob dit: Non, je te prie; si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, prends mon présent de ma main, car c’est pour cela que j’ai vu ta face comme si j’avais vu la face de Dieu, et que tu m’as accueilli favorablement.
11 Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
Prends, je te prie, mon présent qui t’a été amené; car Dieu a usé de grâce envers moi, et j’ai de tout. Et il le pressa, et il le prit.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Et [Ésaü] dit: Partons et allons-nous-en, et je marcherai devant toi.
13 Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
Et [Jacob] lui dit: Mon seigneur sait que les enfants sont délicats, et que je suis chargé de menu et de gros bétail qui allaite; et si on les presse un seul jour, ils mourront – tout le troupeau.
14 You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
Que mon seigneur, je te prie, passe devant son serviteur; et moi je cheminerai tout doucement au pas de ce bétail qui est devant moi, et au pas des enfants, jusqu’à ce que j’arrive auprès de mon seigneur, à Séhir.
15 Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
Et Ésaü dit: Je te prie, que je laisse avec toi quelques-uns des gens qui sont avec moi. Et il dit: Pourquoi cela? Que je trouve grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Et Ésaü s’en retourna ce jour-là, par son chemin, à Séhir.
17 But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
Et Jacob s’en alla à Succoth, et bâtit une maison pour lui, et fit des cabanes pour son bétail: c’est pourquoi on appela le nom du lieu Succoth.
18 [Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
Et Jacob arriva en paix à la ville de Sichem, qui est dans le pays de Canaan, comme il venait de Paddan-Aram; et il campa en face de la ville.
19 One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
Et il acheta de la main des fils de Hamor, père de Sichem, pour 100 kesitas, la portion du champ où il avait dressé sa tente;
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
et il dressa là un autel et l’appela El-Élohé-Israël.
