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.”
Cependant Dieu dit à Jacob: Lève-toi, et monte à Béthel; demeure là, et fais un autel au Dieu qui t’apparut, quand tu fuyais 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 donc, toute sa maison assemblée, dit: Jetez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, purifiez-vous, et changez vos 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.”
Levez-vous et montons à Béthel, afin que nous fassions là un autel au Dieu qui m’a exaucé au jour de ma tribulation et qui a été le compagnon de 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].
Ils lui donnèrent donc tous les dieux étrangers qu’ils avaient, et les pendants qui étaient à leurs oreilles; et lui les enfouit sous le térébinthe qui est derrière la ville 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.
Et lorsqu’ils furent partis, la terreur de Dieu saisit toutes les villes d’alentour, et on n’osa pas les poursuivre dans leur retraite.
6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
Jacob donc vint à Luza, qui est dans la terre de Chanaan, et surnommée Béthel, lui et tous ses gens 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 bâtit là un autel, et il appela ce lieu du nom de Maison de Dieu; car c’est là que lui apparut Dieu, lorsqu’il fuyait 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’].
Dans le même temps mourut Débora, nourrice de Rébecca, et elle fut ensevelie au pied de Béthel sous le chêne: et on donna à ce lieu le nom de Chêne de pleur.
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.
Mais Dieu apparut de nouveau à Jacob, après qu’il fut revenu de la Mésopotamie de Syrie, 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’.
Disant: Tu ne seras plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et il l’appela 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.
Il lui dit aussi: Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; crois et te multiplie; des peuples et une foule de nations viendront de toi, et des rois sortiront de tes flancs;
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 la terre que j’ai donnée à Abraham et à Isaac, je te la donnerai, à toi et à ta postérité après toi.
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Et il s’éloigna de lui.
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.
Mais lui érigea un monument de pierre au lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé, faisant des libations dessus et y répandant de l’huile;
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Et donnant à ce lieu le nom de Béthel.
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.
Or, parti de là, il vint au printemps dans la terre qui conduit à Ephrata. Comme Rachel y était en travail,
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!”
À cause de la difficulté de l’enfantement, elle commença à être en danger. Or la sage-femme lui dit: Ne crains point; car tu auras encore ce 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]’.
Mais son âme étant près de sortir par l’excès de la douleur, et la mort déjà s’approchant, elle appela son fils du nom de Bénoni, c’est-à-dire, fils de ma douleur; mais son père l’appela Benjamin, c’est-à-dire, 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 elle fut ensevelie sur le chemin qui conduit à Ephrata; c’est Bethléem.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Et Jacob érigea un monument sur son sépulcre: c’est le monument du sépulcre de Rachel, jusqu’au présent jour.
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].
Sorti de là, il planta sa tente au-delà de la 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 pendant qu’il habitait en cette contrée, Ruben s’en alla et dormit avec Bala, seconde femme de son père; ce qui ne fut nullement ignoré de lui. Or, les fils de Jacob étaient douze:
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Les fils de Lia: Ruben, premier-né, Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issachar 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 Bala, 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.
Les fils de Zelpha, servante de Lia: Gad et Aser. Ce sont là les fils de Jacob qui lui naquirent en Mésopotamie de Syrie.
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 aussi vers Isaac son père à Mambré, ville d’Arbée (c’est Hébron), en laquelle demeurèrent comme étrangers Abraham et Isaac.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Et les jours d’Isaac complétèrent 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, consumé par l’âge, il mourut; et il fut réuni à son peuple, vieux et plein de jours; et Esaü et Jacob ses fils l’ensevelirent.
