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.”
Et Dieu dit à Jacob: Lève-toi, monte à Béthel, et demeures-y, et fais-y un autel au Dieu qui t'apparut lorsque tu fuyais de devant 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, et 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.”
Et levons-nous, et montons à Béthel, et j'y ferai un autel au Dieu qui m'a répondu au jour de ma détresse, et qui a été avec moi pendant mon voyage.
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].
Alors ils donnèrent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qu'ils avaient, et les anneaux qui étaient à leurs oreilles; et Jacob les enterra 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.
Ensuite ils partirent. Et Dieu frappa de terreur les villes qui étaient autour d'eux; et ils ne poursuivirent point 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.
Et Jacob vint à Luz, qui est au pays de Canaan (c'est Béthel), 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.
Et il y bâtit un autel, et il appela ce lieu: El-Béthel (Dieu de Béthel); car c'est là que Dieu lui était apparu, lorsqu'il fuyait de 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’].
Et Débora, nourrice de Rébecca, mourut; et elle fut ensevelie au-dessous de Béthel, sous le chêne, qu'on appela Allon-Bacuth (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.
Et Dieu apparut encore à Jacob, lorsqu'il venait 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’.
Et Dieu lui dit: Ton nom est Jacob; tu ne seras plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et 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.
Et Dieu lui dit: Je suis le Dieu Tout-Puissant: augmente et multiplie. Une nation, même une multitude de nations naîtront de toi; des rois sortiront de tes reins.
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.”
Et je te donnerai le pays que j'ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, 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'avec lui, du 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 Jacob dressa un monument au lieu où il lui avait parlé, un monument de pierre, et il fit dessus une aspersion, et y versa de l'huile.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Et Jacob appela le lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé, Béthel (maison de Dieu).
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.
Et ils partirent de Béthel, et il y avait encore un espace de pays pour arriver à Éphrath, lorsque Rachel enfanta; et elle eut beaucoup de peine à accoucher.
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!”
Et comme elle avait beaucoup de peine à accoucher, la sage-femme lui dit: Ne crains point, car tu as encore un 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]’.
Et comme elle rendait l'âme, car elle mourut, elle le nomma Bénoni (fils de ma douleur); mais son père l'appela Benjamin (fils de la droite).
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Rachel mourut donc, et fut ensevelie au chemin d'Éphrath, qui est Bethléhem.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Et Jacob dressa 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].
Puis Israël partit, et il dressa sa tente au delà de Migdal-Eder (tour du troupeau).
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.
Et il arriva, pendant qu'Israël demeurait dans ce pays-là, que Ruben vint et coucha avec Bilha, concubine de son père; et Israël l'apprit. Or, Jacob avait douze fils.
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Les fils de Léa: Ruben, premier-né de Jacob, Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issacar et Zabulon.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Les fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Les fils de Bilha, 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.
Et les fils de Zilpa, servante de Léa: Gad et Asser. 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.
Et Jacob vint vers Isaac son père, à Mamré, à Kirjath-Arba, qui est Hébron, où avaient séjourné Abraham et Isaac.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Et 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.
Et Isaac expira et mourut, et fut recueilli vers ses peuples, âgé et rassasié de jours; et Ésaü et Jacob, ses fils, l'ensevelirent.
