Genèse 10
1 Voici la postérité des fils de Noé, Sem, Cham et Japheth. Il leur naquit des fils après le déluge.
(This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.
2 Fils de Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madaï, Javan, Thubal, Mosoch et Tiras.
The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Fils de Gomer: Ascénez, Riphath et Thogorma. —
The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Fils de Javan: Elisa et Tharsis, Cetthim et Dodanim.
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 C’est d’eux que viennent les peuples dispersés dans les îles des nations, dans leurs divers pays, chacun selon sa langue, selon leurs familles, selon leurs nations.
Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the [Mediterranean] Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.
6 Fils de Cham: Chus, Mesraïm, Phuth et Canaan. —
The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Fils de Chus: Saba, Hévila, Sabatha, Regma et Sabathaca. Fils de Regma: Saba et Dadan.
The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Chus engendra Nemrod: celui-ci fut le premier un homme puissant sur la terre.
Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.
9 Ce fut un vaillant chasseur devant Yahweh; c’est pourquoi l’on dit: « Comme Nemrod, vaillant chasseur devant Yahweh. »
Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh (sees that you are/has caused you to be) a great hunter like Nimrod.”
10 Le commencement de son empire fut Babel, Arach, Achad et Chalanné au pays de Sennaar.
Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.
11 De ce pays il alla en Assur, et bâtit Ninive, Rechoboth-Ir, Chalé,
From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 et Résen, entre Ninive et Chalé; c’est la grande ville. —
and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.
13 Mesraïm engendra les Ludim, les Anamim, les Laabim, les Nephthuim,
Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,
14 les Phétrusim, les Chasluim, d’où sont sortis les Philistins, et les Caphtorim. —
Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.
15 Canaan engendra Sidon, son premier-né, et Heth,
Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.
16 ainsi que les Jébuséens, les Amorrhéens, les Gergéséens,
Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
17 les Hévéens, les Aracéens, les Sinéens,
Hiv, Ark, Sin,
18 les Aradiens, les Samaréens et les Hamathéens. Ensuite les familles des Chananéens se répandirent dans le pays,
Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.
19 et le territoire des Chananéens alla depuis Sidon, dans la direction de Guérar, jusqu’à Gaza; et, dans la direction de Sodome, Gomorrhe, Adama, et Séboïm, jusqu’à Lésa. —
Their land extended from Sidon [city] in the north as far south as Gaza [town], and then to the east as far as Gerar [town], and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim [towns], and even as far as Lasha [town].
20 Tels sont les fils de Cham selon leurs familles, selon leurs langues, dans leurs divers pays, dans leurs nations.
Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
21 Des fils naquirent aussi à Sem, qui est le père de tous les fils d’Héber et le frère aîné de Japheth.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
22 Fils de Sem: Elam, Assur, Arphaxad, Lud et Aram. —
The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 Fils d’Aram: Us, Hul, Géther et Mes. —
The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad engendra Salé, et Salé engendra Héber.
Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25 Et il naquit à Héber deux fils: le nom de l’un était Phaleg, parce que de son temps la terre était partagée, et le nom de son frère était Jectan.
Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, [which means ‘division’], because during the time he lived, people on [MTY] the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan.
26 Jectan engendra Elmodad, Saleph, Asarmoth, Jaré,
Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Aduram, Uzal, Décla,
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Ebal, Abimaël, Saba,
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Hévila et Jobab. Tous ceux-là sont fils de Jectan.
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.
30 Le pays qu’ils habitèrent fut la montagne d’Orient, à partir de Mésa, dans la direction de Séphar. —
The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the (hill country/area that has a lot of hills).
31 Tels sont les fils de Sem, selon leurs familles, selon leurs langues, dans leurs divers pays, selon leurs nations.
They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.
32 Telles sont les familles des fils de Noé selon leurs générations, dans leurs nations. C’est d’eux que sont sorties les nations qui se sont répandues sur la terre après le déluge.
All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own (genealogy/record of people’s ancestors) and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.
