Genèse 12
1 Yahweh dit à Abram: « Va-t-en de ton pays, de ta famille et de la maison de ton père, dans le pays que je te montrerai.
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2 Je ferai de toi une grande nation, je te bénirai et je rendrai grand ton nom. Tu seras une bénédiction:
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et celui qui te maudira, je le maudirai, et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi. »
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4 Abram partit, comme Yahweh le lui avait dit, et Lot s’en alla avec lui. Abram avait soixante-quinze ans quand il sortit de Haran.
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
5 Abram prit Saraï, sa femme, et Lot, fils de son frère, ainsi que tous les biens qu’ils possédaient et les serviteurs qu’ils avaient acquis à Haran, et ils partirent pour aller au pays de Chanaan. Et ils arrivèrent au pays de Chanaan.
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram traversa le pays jusqu’au lieu nommé Sichem, jusqu’au chêne de Moré. — Les Chananéens étaient alors dans le pays. —
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 Yahweh apparut à Abram et lui dit: « je donnerai ce pays à ta postérité. » Et Abram bâtit là un autel à Yahweh qui lui était apparu.
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
8 Il passa de là à la montagne, à l’orient de Béthel, et il dressa sa tente, ayant Béthel au couchant et Haï à l’orient. Là encore il bâtit un autel à Yahweh, et il invoqua le nom de Yahweh.
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
9 Puis Abram s’avança, de campement en campement, vers le Midi.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 Il y eut une famine dans le pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner; car la famine était grande dans le pays.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Comme il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï, sa femme: « Voici, je sais que tu es une belle femme;
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
12 quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme, et ils me tueront et te laisseront vivre.
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
13 Dis donc que tu es ma sœur, afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi, et qu’on me laisse la vie par égard pour toi. »
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
14 Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était fort belle.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
15 Les grands de Pharaon, l’ayant vue, la vantèrent à Pharaon, et cette femme fut prise et emmenée dans la maison de Pharaon.
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 Il traita bien Abram à cause d’elle, et Abram reçut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux.
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
17 Mais Yahweh frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, femme d’Abram.
And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Pharaon appela alors Abram et lui dit: « Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas déclaré qu’elle était ta femme?
Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
19 Pourquoi as-tu dit: C’est ma sœur; de sorte que je l’ai prise pour femme? Maintenant, voici ta femme; prends-la et va-t’en! »
Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
20 Et Pharaon, ayant donné des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram, ils le renvoyèrent, lui et sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
