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 demeures-y, et dresse là un autel au Dieu qui t’est apparu quand tu fuyais devant Esaü, 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.
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.”
Nous nous lèverons et nous monterons à Béthel, et là je dresserai un autel au Dieu qui m’a exaucé au jour de mon angoisse, et qui a été avec moi, dans le voyage que j’ai fait. »
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].
Et ils donnèrent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qui étaient entre leurs mains et les boucles qu’ils avaient aux oreilles, et Jacob les enfouit sous le térébinthe qui est à 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 partirent, et la terreur de Dieu se répandit sur les villes d’alentour, et on ne poursuivit 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, avec tous les gens qui étaient avec lui, arriva à Luz, au pays de Canaan: c’est Béthel.
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 il appela ce lieu El-Béthel, car c’est là que Dieu lui était apparu lorsqu’il fuyait devant 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’].
Alors mourut Débora, nourrice de Rebecca, et elle fut enterrée au-dessous de Béthel, au pied du chêne auquel on donna le nom de Chêne des pleurs.
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 encore à Jacob, après son retour 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; tu ne seras plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. » Et il le nomma 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; il naîtra de toi une nation et une assemblée de nations, et de tes reins sortiront des rois.
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 donnerai ce pays à ta postérité après toi. »
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Et Dieu remonta d’auprès 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.
Et dans le lieu où il lui avait parlé, Jacob dressa un monument de pierre, sur lequel il fit une libation et versa de l’huile.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Il donna le nom de Béthel au 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 une certaine distance avant d’arriver à Ephrata, lorsque Rachel enfanta, et son accouchement fut pénible.
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!”
Pendant les douleurs de l’enfantement, la sage-femme lui dit: « Ne crains point, car c’est encore un fils que tu vas avoir. »
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 était mourante, — elle le nomma Bénoni; 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 au chemin d’Ephrata, qui est Bethléem.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Jacob éleva un monument sur sa tombe; c’est le monument de la Tombe de Rachel, qui subsiste encore aujourd’hui.
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, et il dressa sa tente au delà de Migdal-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 demeurait dans cette contrée, Ruben vint et coucha avec Bala, concubine de son père; et Israël l’apprit. 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 Lia: Ruben, premier-né de Jacob, Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issachar 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 Bala, servante de Rachel: Dan et Nephthali.
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 Zelpha, servante de Lia: Gad et Aser. Ce sont là les fils de Jacob, qui lui naquirent 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 arriva auprès d’Isaac, son père, à Mambré, à Qiryath-Arbé, qui est Hébron, où avaient séjourné Abraham et Isaac.
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 expira et mourut, et il fut réuni à son peuple, vieux et rassasié de jours. Esaü et Jacob, ses fils, l’enterrèrent.
