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.
And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of thy father’s house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
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 thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
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. »
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed:
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 out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth 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 he took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into it,
6 Abram traversa le pays jusqu’au lieu nommé Sichem, jusqu’au chêne de Moré. — Les Chananéens étaient alors dans le pays. —
Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time 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 appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to 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 passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
9 Puis Abram s’avança, de campement en campement, vers le Midi.
And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on 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 there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
11 Comme il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï, sa femme: « Voici, je sais que tu es une belle femme;
And when he was near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art a beautiful woman:
12 quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme, et ils me tueront et te laisseront vivre.
And that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.
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, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.
14 Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était fort belle.
And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very beautiful.
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 the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.
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 they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he asses, and men servants and maid servants, and she asses, and camels.
17 Mais Yahweh frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, femme d’Abram.
But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for 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?
And Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy 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! »
For what cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now, therefore, there is thy wife, take her, and go thy 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 Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
