Genèse 12
1 Et l’Éternel avait dit à Abram: Va-t’en de ton pays, et de ta parenté, 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 et je te ferai devenir une grande nation, et je te bénirai, et je rendrai ton nom grand, et 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 et je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et je maudirai ceux qui te maudiront; et en toi seront bénies toutes les familles de la terre.
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 Et Abram s’en alla, comme l’Éternel lui avait dit; et Lot s’en alla avec lui. Et Abram était âgé de 75 ans lorsqu’il sortit de Charan.
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 Et Abram prit Saraï, sa femme, et Lot, fils de son frère, et tout leur bien qu’ils avaient amassé, et les âmes qu’ils avaient acquises à Charan, et ils sortirent pour aller au pays de Canaan; et ils entrèrent au pays de Canaan.
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 Et Abram passa au travers du pays, jusqu’au lieu de Sichem, jusqu’au chêne de Moré. Et le Cananéen était 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 Et l’Éternel apparut à Abram, et dit: Je donnerai ce pays à ta semence. Et [Abram] bâtit là un autel à l’Éternel, 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 Et il se transporta de là vers la montagne, à l’orient de Béthel, et tendit sa tente, [ayant] Béthel à l’occident et Aï à l’orient; et il bâtit là un autel à l’Éternel et invoqua le nom de l’Éternel.
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 Et Abram partit, marchant et allant vers le midi.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 Et il y eut une famine dans le pays; et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, car la famine pesait sur le pays.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Et il arriva, comme il était près d’entrer en Égypte, qu’il dit à Saraï, sa femme: Voici, je sais que tu es une femme belle de visage;
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 et il arrivera que lorsque 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, je te prie, que tu es ma sœur, afin qu’il m’arrive du bien en considération de toi, et que mon âme vive à cause de 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 Et il arriva que, lorsque Abram entra en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent sa femme, qu’elle était très 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 Et les princes du Pharaon la virent, et la louèrent devant le Pharaon; et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison du 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 Et il traita bien Abram à cause d’elle; et il eut du menu bétail et du gros bétail, et des ânes, et des serviteurs et des servantes, et 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 Et l’Éternel frappa de grandes plaies le 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 Et le Pharaon appela Abram, et 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: Elle est ma sœur, de sorte que je l’ai prise pour ma femme; et 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 le Pharaon donna ordre à ses gens à son sujet, et ils le renvoyèrent, lui, et sa femme, et tout ce qui était à lui.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
