Genesis 35
1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
Dieu dit à Jacob: « Lève-toi, monte à Béthel, et tu y habiteras. Fais-y un autel à Dieu, qui t'est apparu lorsque tu fuyais la face d'Ésaü, ton frère. »
2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Alors Jacob dit à sa famille et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: « Otez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, purifiez-vous et changez de vêtements.
3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
Levons-nous, et montons à Béthel. J'y ferai un autel à Dieu, qui m'a exaucé au jour de ma détresse et qui a été avec moi sur le chemin que j'ai parcouru. »
4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
Ils donnèrent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qui étaient dans leurs mains et les anneaux qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et Jacob les cacha sous le chêne qui était près de Sichem.
5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
Ils voyagèrent, et la terreur de Dieu était sur les villes qui les entouraient, et elles ne poursuivirent pas les fils de Jacob.
6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
Jacob arriva à Luz (c'est-à-dire à Béthel), qui est dans le pays de Canaan, lui et tout le peuple qui était avec lui.
7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
Il y bâtit un autel et appela le lieu El Beth El, car c'est là que Dieu se révéla à lui, lorsqu'il fuyait la face de son frère.
8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
Débora, la nourrice de Rebecca, mourut, et elle fut enterrée au-dessous de Béthel, sous le chêne; et son nom fut appelé Allon Bacuth.
9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
Dieu apparut de nouveau à Jacob, lorsqu'il revint de Paddan Aram, et il le bénit.
10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
Dieu lui dit: « Ton nom est Jacob. Ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais ton nom sera Israël. » Il lui donna le nom d`Israël.
11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
Dieu lui dit: « Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant. Sois fécond et multiplie. Une nation et une multitude de nations naîtront de toi, et des rois sortiront de ton corps.
12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
Le pays que j'ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, je te le donnerai, et je le donnerai à ta postérité après toi. »
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Dieu se retira de lui dans le lieu où il lui avait parlé.
14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
Jacob dressa une colonne dans le lieu où il lui avait parlé, une colonne de pierre. Il y versa une libation et y répandit de l'huile.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Jacob appela « Béthel » le nom du lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé.
16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
Ils partirent de Béthel. Il y avait encore de la distance à parcourir jusqu'à Ephrath, et Rachel était en travail. Elle a eu un travail difficile.
17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
Comme elle était en plein travail, la sage-femme lui dit: « N'aie pas peur, car tu vas avoir un autre fils. »
18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
Comme son âme s'en allait (car elle est morte), elle l'appela Benoni, mais son père l'appela Benjamin.
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Rachel mourut, et elle fut enterrée sur le chemin d'Éphrata (appelée aussi Bethléhem).
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Jacob dressa un pilier sur son tombeau. C'est encore aujourd'hui le pilier du tombeau de Rachel.
21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
Israël partit en voyage et étendit sa tente au-delà de la tour d'Eder.
22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
Pendant qu'Israël habitait dans ce pays, Ruben alla coucher avec Bilha, la concubine de son père, et Israël en entendit parler. Les fils de Jacob étaient au nombre de douze.
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Fils de Léa: Ruben (premier-né de Jacob), Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issacar et Zabulon.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Fils de Bilha (servante de Rachel): Dan et Nephtali.
26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
Fils de Zilpa (servante de Léa): Gad et Aser. Ce sont là les fils de Jacob, qui lui sont nés à Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
Jacob vint auprès d'Isaac, son père, à Mamré, à Kiriath Arba (qui est Hébron), où Abraham et Isaac vivaient en étrangers.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Les jours d'Isaac furent de cent quatre-vingts ans.
29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
Isaac rendit l'esprit et mourut, et il fut recueilli auprès de son peuple, âgé et rassasié de jours. Ésaü et Jacob, ses fils, l'ensevelirent.
