Genèse 27
1 Isaac était devenu vieux, et ses yeux s'étaient obscurcis au point de ne plus voir. Il appela Esaü, son fils aîné, et lui dit: " Mon fils! " Celui-ci lui–répondit: " Me voici. "
When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”
2 Isaac dit: " Voici donc, je suis vieux; je ne connais pas le jour de ma mort.
He said, “See now, I am old. I don’t know the day of my death.
3 Maintenant donc, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, va dans la campagne et tue-moi du gibier.
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
4 Fais-m'en un bon plat, selon mon goût, et apporte-le-moi, que je le mange, afin que mon âme te bénisse avant que je meure. "
Make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”
5 — Rebecca entendait pendant qu'Isaac parlait à Esaü, son fils. — Et Esaü s'en alla dans la campagne pour tuer du gibier et l'apporter.
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 Alors Rebecca parla ainsi à Jacob, son fils: " Voici, j'ai entendu ton père qui parlait ainsi à ton frère Esaü:
Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
7 Apporte-moi du gibier et fais-m'en un bon plat, afin que je le mange et que je te bénisse devant Yahweh avant de mourir.
‘Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.’
8 Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix dans ce que je vais te commander.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
9 Va au troupeau et prends-moi deux beaux chevreaux; j'en ferai pour ton père un bon plat, selon son goût,
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savoury food for your father, such as he loves.
10 et tu le porteras à ton père, et il en mangera, afin qu'il te bénisse avant de mourir. "
You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”
11 Jacob répondit à Rebecca, sa mère: " Voici, Esaü, mon frère, est velu, et moi j'ai la peau lisse.
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 Peut-être que mon père me touchera, et je passerai à ses yeux pour m'être joué de lui, et j'attirerai sur moi une malédiction au lieu d'une bénédiction. "
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing.”
13 Sa mère lui dit: " Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Ecoute seulement ma voix et va me prendre les chevreaux. "
His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
14 Jacob alla les prendre et les apporta à sa mère, qui en fit un bon plat, selon le goût de son père.
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
15 Et Rebecca prit les habits d'Esaü, son fils aîné, les plus beaux, qu'elle avait dans la maison, et elle en revêtit Jacob, son fils cadet.
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
16 Puis elle lui couvrit les mains de la peau des chevreaux, ainsi que la partie lisse du cou.
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
17 Et elle mit dans la main de Jacob, son fils, le bon plat et le pain qu'elle avait préparés.
She gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 Il vint vers son père et dit: " Mon père! " — " Me voici, dit Isaac; qui es-tu, mon fils? "
He came to his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”
19 Jacob répondit à son père: « Je suis Esaü, ton premier-né; j'ai fait ce que tu m'as dit. Lève-toi, je te prie, assieds-toi et mange de ma chasse, afin que ton âme me bénisse. »
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.”
20 Isaac dit à son fils: " Comment as-tu trouvé si vite, mon fils? " Jacob, répondit: " C'est que Yahweh, ton Dieu, l'a fait venir devant moi. "
Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He said, “Because the LORD your God gave me success.”
21 Et Isaac dit à Jacob: " Approche donc, que je te touche, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es bien mon fils Esaü, ou non. "
Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”
22 Jacob s'étant approché d'Isaac, son père, celui-ci le toucha et dit: " La voix est la voix de Jacob, mais les mains sont les mains d'Esaü. "
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”
23 Il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d'Esaü, son frère, et il le bénit.
He didn’t recognise him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
24 Il dit: " C'est bien toi qui es mon fils Esaü? " — " C'est moi ", répondit Jacob.
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
25 Et Isaac dit: " Sers-moi, que je mange du gibier de mon fils et que mon âme te bénisse. " Jacob le servit, et il mangea; il lui présenta aussi du vin, et il but.
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Alors Isaac, son père, lui dit: " Approche-toi donc et baise-moi, mon fils. "
His father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.”
27 Jacob s'approcha et le baisa; et Isaac sentit l'odeur de ses vêtements, et il le bénit en disant: " Voici, l'odeur de mon fils est comme l'odeur d'un champ qu'a béni Yahweh. "
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.
28 Que Dieu te donne de la rosée du ciel et de la graisse de la terre, et abondance de froment et de vin!
God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
29 Que des peuples te servent, et que des nations se prosternent devant toi! Sois le maître de tes frères, et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Maudit soit qui te maudira, et béni soit qui te bénira!
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”
30 Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, et Jacob venait de quitter Isaac, son père, lorsqu'Esaü, son frère, revint de la chasse.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 Il prépara, lui aussi, un bon plat, et l'apporta à son père; et il dit à son père: " Que mon père se lève et mange de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse. "
He also made savoury food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”
32 Isaac, son père, lui dit: " Qui es-tu? " Il répondit: " Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Esaü. "
Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” He said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”
33 Isaac fut saisi d'une terreur extrême, et il dit: " Qui est donc celui qui a chassé du gibier et m'en a apporté? J'ai mangé de tout avant que tu vinsses, et je l'ai béni; et il sera béni en effet. "
Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it to me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”
34 Lorsqu'Esaü eut entendu les paroles de son père, il jeta un grand cri, une plainte très amère, et il dit à son père: " Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père. "
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, my father.”
35 Isaac dit: " Ton frère est venu avec ruse, et il a pris ta bénédiction. "
He said, “Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing.”
36 Esaü dit: " Est-ce parce qu'on l'appelle Jacob qu'il m'a supplanté deux fois? Il a pris mon droit d'aînesse, et voilà maintenant qu'il a pris ma bénédiction! " Il ajouta: " N'as-tu pas réservé pour moi une bénédiction? "
He said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing.” He said, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”
37 Isaac répondit et dit à Esaü: " Voici, je l'ai établi ton maître et je lui ai donné tous ses frères pour serviteurs, et je l'ai pourvu de froment et de vin; et pour toi donc, que puis-je faire, mon fils?
Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants. I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then will I do for you, my son?”
38 Esaü dit à son père: " N'as-tu que cette seule bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père! " Et Esaü éleva la voix et pleura.
Esau said to his father, “Do you have just one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Isaac, son père, lui répondit: " Privée de la graisse de la terre sera ta demeure, privée de la rosée qui descend du ciel.
Isaac his father answered him, “Behold, your dwelling will be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of the sky from above.
40 Tu vivras de ton épée, et tu seras asservi à ton frère; mais il arrivera que, en secouant son joug, tu le briseras de dessus ton cou. "
You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you will shake his yoke from off your neck.”
41 Esaü conçut de la haine contre Jacob à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée, et Esaü dit en son cœur: " Les jours où je ferai le deuil de mon père approchent; alors je tuerai Jacob, mon frère. "
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
42 On rapporta à Rebecca les paroles d'Esaü, son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son fils cadet, et lui dit: " Voici qu'Esaü, ton frère, veut se venger de toi en te tuant.
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
43 Maintenant donc, mon fils, écoute ma voix: lève-toi, fuis vers Laban, mon frère, à Haran;
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
44 et tu resteras quelque temps auprès de lui, jusqu'à ce que la fureur de ton frère soit apaisée,
Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
45 jusqu'à ce que la colère de ton frère se soit détournée de toi, et qu'il ait oublié ce que tu lui as fait; alors je t'enverrai chercher de là. Pourquoi serais-je privée de vous deux en un même jour? "
until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”
46 Rebecca dit à Isaac: " Je suis dégoûtée de la vie, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob prend une femme, comme celles-là, parmi les filles de Heth, parmi les filles de ce pays, à quoi me sert la vie? "
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
