Genesis 33
1 Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two servants.
Jacob, levant les yeux, aperçut Ésaü qui venait, accompagné de quatre cents hommes. II répartit les enfants entre Léa, Rachel et les deux servantes.
2 He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Il plaça les servantes avec leurs enfants au premier rang, Léa et ses enfants derrière, Rachel et Joseph les derniers.
3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Pour lui, il prit les devants et se prosterna contre terre, sept fois, avant d’aborder son frère.
4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
Ésaü courut à sa rencontre, l’embrassa, se jeta à son cou et le baisa; et ils pleurèrent.
5 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are these with you?” He said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
En levant les yeux, il vit les femmes et les enfants et dit: "Que te sont ceux là?" II répondit: "Ce sont les enfants dont Dieu a gratifié ton serviteur."
6 Then the servants came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
Les servantes s’approchèrent ainsi que leurs enfants et se prosternèrent.
7 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Léa aussi s’approcha avec ses enfants et ils se prosternèrent; puis, Joseph s’approcha avec Rachel et ils seprosternèrent.
8 Esau said, “What do you mean by all this company which I met?” Jacob said, “To find favour in the sight of my lord.”
II reprit: "Qu’est ce que toute cette troupe, venant de ta part, que j’ai rencontrée?" II répondit: "Pour obtenir la bienveillance de mon seigneur."
9 Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”
Ésaü dit: "J’En ai amplement; mon frère, garde ce que tu as."
10 Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favour in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Jacob répondit: "Oh non! Si toutefois j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, tu accepteras cet hommage de ma main; puisque aussi bien j’ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face d’un puissant et que tu m’as agréé.
11 Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
Reçois donc le présent que de ma part on t’a offert, puisque Dieu m’a favorisé et que je possède suffisamment." Sur ses instances Ésaü accepta.
12 Esau said, “Let’s take our journey, and let’s go, and I will go before you.”
Il dit: "Partons et marchons ensemble; je me conformerai à ton pas."
13 Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Il lui répondit: "Mon seigneur sait que ces enfants sont délicats, que ce menu et ce gros bétail qui allaitent exigent mes soins; si on les surmène un seul jour, tout le jeune bétail périra.
14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.”
Que mon seigneur veuille passer devant son serviteur; moi, je cheminerai à ma commodité, selon le pas de la suite qui m’accompagne et selon le pas des enfants, jusqu’à ce que je rejoigne mon seigneur à Séir."
15 Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favour in the sight of my lord.”
Ésaü dit: "Je veux alors te faire escorter par une partie de mes hommes." II répondit: "A quoi bon? Je voudrais trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!"
16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
Ce jour même, Ésaü reprit le chemin de Séir.
17 Jacob travelled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Quant à Jacob, il se dirigea vers Soukkoth; il s’y bâtit une demeure et pour son bétail il fit des enclos: c’est pourquoi l’on appela cet endroit Soukkoth.
18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
Jacob arriva ensuite à Salem, ville de Sichem, dans le pays de Canaan, à son retour du territoire d’Aram; et il se fixa à l’entrée de cette ville.
19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
Il acquit la portion de terrain ou il établit sa tente, de la main des enfants de Hamor, père de Sichem pour cent kesita.
20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
Il y érigea un autel qu’il dénomma: "le Seigneur est le Dieu d’Israël."
