Genèse 11
1 Et toute la terre avait une seule langue et les mêmes paroles.
Now the earth was of one language and of the same speech.
2 Et il arriva que lorsqu’ils partirent de l’orient, ils trouvèrent une plaine dans le pays de Shinhar; et ils y habitèrent.
And when they were advancing from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt in it.
3 Et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Allons, faisons des briques, et cuisons-les au feu. Et ils avaient la brique pour pierre, et ils avaient le bitume pour mortier.
And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.
4 Et ils dirent: Allons, bâtissons-nous une ville, et une tour dont le sommet [atteigne] jusqu’aux cieux; et faisons-nous un nom, de peur que nous ne soyons dispersés sur la face de toute la terre.
And they said: “Come, let us make a city and a tower, so that its height may reach to heaven. And let us make our name famous before we are divided into all the lands.”
5 Et l’Éternel descendit pour voir la ville et la tour que bâtissaient les fils des hommes.
Then the Lord descended to see the city and the tower, which the sons of Adam were building.
6 Et l’Éternel dit: Voici, c’est un seul peuple, et ils n’ont, eux tous, qu’un seul langage, et ils ont commencé à faire ceci; et maintenant ils ne seront empêchés en rien de ce qu’ils pensent faire.
And he said: “Behold, the people are united, and all have one tongue. And since they have begun to do this, they will not desist from their plans, until they have completed their work.
7 Allons, descendons, et confondons là leur langage, afin qu’ils n’entendent pas le langage l’un de l’autre.
Therefore, come, let us descend, and in that place confound their tongue, so that they may not listen, each one to the voice of his neighbor.”
8 Et l’Éternel les dispersa de là sur la face de toute la terre; et ils cessèrent de bâtir la ville.
And so the Lord divided them from that place into all the lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 C’est pourquoi on appela son nom Babel, car là l’Éternel confondit le langage de toute la terre; et de là l’Éternel les dispersa sur la face de toute la terre.
And for this reason, its name was called ‘Babel,’ because in that place the language of the whole earth became confused. And from then on, the Lord scattered them across the face of every region.
10 Ce sont ici les générations de Sem: Sem était âgé de 100 ans, et il engendra Arpacshad, deux ans après le déluge.
These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he conceived Arphaxad, two years after the great flood.
11 Et Sem, après qu’il eut engendré Arpacshad, vécut 500 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Arphaxad, Shem lived for five hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
12 Et Arpacshad vécut 35 ans, et engendra Shélakh.
Next, Arphaxad lived for thirty-five years, and then he conceived Shelah.
13 Et Arpacshad, après qu’il eut engendré Shélakh, vécut 403 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Shelah, Arphaxad lived for three hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
14 Et Shélakh vécut 30 ans, et engendra Héber.
Likewise, Shelah lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Eber.
15 Et Shélakh, après qu’il eut engendré Héber, vécut 403 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Eber, Shelah lived for four hundred and three years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
16 Et Héber vécut 34 ans, et engendra Péleg.
Then Eber lived for thirty-four years, and he conceived Peleg.
17 Et Héber, après qu’il eut engendré Péleg, vécut 430 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Peleg, Eber lived for four hundred and thirty years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
18 Et Péleg vécut 30 ans, et engendra Rehu.
Likewise, Peleg lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Reu.
19 Et Péleg, après qu’il eut engendré Rehu, vécut 209 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Reu, Peleg lived for two hundred and nine years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
20 Et Rehu vécut 32 ans, et engendra Serug.
Then Reu lived for thirty-two years, and then he conceived Serug.
21 Et Rehu, après qu’il eut engendré Serug, vécut 207 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
Likewise, after he conceived Serug, Reu lived for two hundred and seven years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
22 Et Serug vécut 30 ans, et engendra Nakhor.
In truth, Serug lived for thirty years, and then he conceived Nahor.
23 Et Serug, après qu’il eut engendré Nakhor, vécut 200 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Nahor, Serug lived for two hundred years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
24 Et Nakhor vécut 29 ans, et engendra Térakh.
And so Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and then he conceived Terah.
25 Et Nakhor, après qu’il eut engendré Térakh, vécut 119 ans; et il engendra des fils et des filles.
And after he conceived Terah, Nahor lived for one hundred and nineteen years, and he conceived sons and daughters.
26 Et Térakh vécut 70 ans, et engendra Abram, Nakhor, et Haran.
And Terah lived for seventy years, and then he conceived Abram, and Nahor, and Haran.
27 Et ce sont ici les générations de Térakh: Térakh engendra Abram, Nakhor, et Haran. Et Haran engendra Lot.
And these are the generations of Terah. Terah conceived Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Next Haran conceived Lot.
28 Et Haran mourut en la présence de Térakh, son père, au pays de sa naissance, à Ur des Chaldéens.
And Haran died before his father Terah, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
29 – Et Abram et Nakhor prirent des femmes: le nom de la femme d’Abram était Saraï, et le nom de la femme de Nakhor, Milca, fille de Haran, père de Milca et père de Jisca.
Then Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai. And the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
30 Et Saraï était stérile, elle n’avait pas d’enfants.
But Sarai was barren and had no children.
31 Et Térakh prit Abram son fils, et Lot, fils de Haran, fils de son fils, et Saraï, sa belle-fille, femme d’Abram, son fils; et ils sortirent ensemble d’Ur des Chaldéens pour aller au pays de Canaan; et ils vinrent jusqu’à Charan, et habitèrent là.
And so Terah took his son Abram, and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and he led them away from Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan. And they approached as far as Haran, and they dwelt there.
32 Et les jours de Térakh furent 205 ans; et Térakh mourut à Charan.
And the days of Terah that passed were two hundred and five years, and then he died in Haran.
