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;
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.
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 you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
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.
And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
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.
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
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 Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
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 traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited 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 appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to 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 he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai towards the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Et Abram partit, marchant et allant vers le midi.
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
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 there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
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;
And it came to pass when Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman.
12 et il arrivera que lorsque les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme; et ils me tueront, et te laisseront vivre.
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you alive.
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, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
14 Et il arriva que, lorsque Abram entra en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent sa femme, qu’elle était très belle.
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
15 Et les princes du Pharaon la virent, et la louèrent devant le Pharaon; et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison du Pharaon.
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
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 they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
17 Et l’Éternel frappa de grandes plaies le Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, femme d’Abram.
And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, 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?
And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me 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.
Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.
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 Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
