Genèse 27
1 Et il arriva, lorsque Isaac fut vieux et que ses yeux furent affaiblis de manière à ne plus voir, qu’il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné, et lui dit: Mon fils! Et il lui dit: Me voici.
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I.
2 Et il dit: Tu vois que je suis vieux; je ne sais pas le jour de ma mort.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, et sors dans les champs, et prends-moi du gibier;
Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 et apprête-moi un mets savoureux comme j’aime, et apporte-le-moi, et j’en mangerai, afin que mon âme te bénisse avant que je meure.
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.
5 Et Rebecca entendait Isaac pendant qu’il parlait à Ésaü, son fils. Et Ésaü s’en alla aux champs pour prendre du gibier, pour l’apporter.
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 Et Rebecca parla à Jacob, son fils, disant: Voici, j’ai entendu ton père qui parlait à Ésaü, ton frère, disant:
And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
7 Apporte-moi du gibier, et apprête-moi un mets savoureux, afin que j’en mange, et que je te bénisse devant l’Éternel avant ma mort.
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.
8 Et maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix dans ce que je te commanderai.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
9 Va, je te prie, au troupeau, et prends-moi là deux bons chevreaux; et j’en apprêterai un mets savoureux pour ton père, comme il aime;
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for your father, such as he loves:
10 et tu le porteras à ton père, et il mangera, afin qu’il te bénisse avant sa mort.
And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.
11 Et Jacob dit à Rebecca, sa mère: Voici, Ésaü, mon frère, est un homme velu, et moi je suis un homme sans poil.
And 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 tâtera, et je passerai à ses yeux pour un trompeur, et je ferai venir sur moi la malédiction, et non pas la bénédiction.
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.
13 Et sa mère lui dit: Que ta malédiction soit sur moi, mon fils! Seulement, écoute ma voix, et va, prends-les-moi.
And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 Et il alla et les prit, et les apporta à sa mère; et sa mère apprêta un mets savoureux comme son père aimait.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 Et Rebecca prit les vêtements d’Ésaü, son fils aîné, les habits précieux qu’elle avait avec elle dans la maison, et elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils;
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her oldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son:
16 et avec les peaux des chevreaux elle recouvrit ses mains, et le nu de son cou.
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck:
17 Et elle mit dans la main de Jacob, son fils, le mets savoureux et le pain qu’elle avait préparés.
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 Et il vint vers son père, et dit: Mon père! Et il dit: Me voici; qui es-tu, mon fils?
And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?
19 Et Jacob dit à son père: Je suis Ésaü, ton premier-né; j’ai fait comme tu m’as dit: Lève-toi, je te prie, assieds-toi, et mange de mon gibier, afin que ton âme me bénisse.
And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your first born; I have done according as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
20 Et Isaac dit à son fils: Comment en as-tu trouvé si tôt, mon fils? Et il dit: Parce que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, me l’a fait rencontrer devant moi.
And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me.
21 Et Isaac dit à Jacob: Approche, je te prie, et je te tâterai, mon fils, [pour savoir] si tu es véritablement mon fils Ésaü, ou non.
And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.
22 Et Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père; et il le tâta, et dit: La voix est la voix de Jacob; mais les mains sont les mains d’Ésaü.
And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 Et il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues comme les mains d’Ésaü, son frère; et il le bénit;
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
24 et il dit: Es-tu vraiment mon fils Ésaü? Et il dit: Je le suis.
And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 Et il dit: Sers-moi, et que je mange du gibier de mon fils, afin que mon âme te bénisse. Et il le servit, et il mangea; et il lui apporta du vin, et il but.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
26 Et Isaac, son père, lui dit: Approche-toi, je te prie, et embrasse-moi, mon fils.
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 Et il s’approcha, et l’embrassa. Et il sentit l’odeur de ses vêtements, et il le bénit, et dit: Regarde, – l’odeur de mon fils est comme l’odeur d’un champ que l’Éternel a béni.
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, 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 des cieux et de la graisse de la terre, et une abondance de froment et de moût!
Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Que des peuples te servent, et que des peuplades 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 maudit, et béni, qui te bénit!
Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.
30 Et comme Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, et que Jacob était à peine sorti de devant Isaac, son père, il arriva qu’Ésaü, son frère, revint de sa chasse.
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 Et lui aussi apprêta un mets savoureux, et l’apporta à son père; et il dit à son père: Que mon père se lève, et qu’il mange du gibier de son fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse.
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.
32 Et Isaac, son père, lui dit: Qui es-tu? Et il dit: Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Ésaü.
And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.
33 Alors Isaac fut saisi d’un tremblement très grand, et il dit: Qui donc est celui qui a pris du gibier, et m’en a apporté? Et j’ai mangé de tout avant que tu viennes, et je l’ai béni: aussi il sera béni.
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed.
34 Lorsque Ésaü entendit les paroles de son père, il jeta un cri très grand et amer; et il dit à son père: Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père!
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 Et il dit: Ton frère est venu avec ruse et a pris ta bénédiction.
And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing.
36 Et il dit: N’est-ce pas qu’on a appelé son nom Jacob? et il m’a supplanté ces deux fois: il a pris mon droit d’aînesse; et voici, maintenant il a pris ma bénédiction! Et il dit: Ne m’as-tu pas réservé une bénédiction?
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
37 Et Isaac répondit et dit à Ésaü: Voici, je l’ai établi ton maître, et je lui ai donné tous ses frères pour serviteurs, et je l’ai sustenté avec du froment et du moût; que ferai-je donc pour toi, mon fils?
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now to you, my son?
38 Et Ésaü dit à son père: N’as-tu que cette seule bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père! Et Ésaü éleva sa voix et pleura.
And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Et Isaac, son père, répondit et lui dit: Voici, ton habitation sera en la graisse de la terre et en la rosée des cieux d’en haut.
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 Et tu vivras de ton épée, et tu serviras ton frère; et il arrivera que, lorsque tu seras devenu nomade, tu briseras son joug de dessus ton cou.
And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
41 Et Ésaü eut Jacob en haine, à cause de la bénédiction dont son père l’avait béni; et Ésaü dit en son cœur: Les jours du deuil de mon père approchent, et je tuerai Jacob, mon frère.
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 Et on rapporta à Rebecca les paroles d’Ésaü, son fils aîné; et elle envoya, et appela Jacob, son plus jeune fils, et lui dit: Voici, Ésaü, ton frère, se console à ton sujet dans l’espoir de te tuer.
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau, as touching you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you.
43 Et maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix: Lève-toi, fuis chez Laban, mon frère, à Charan;
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee you to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 et tu demeureras avec lui quelques jours, jusqu’à ce que la fureur de ton frère se détourne,
And tarry with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turn away;
45 jusqu’à ce que la colère de ton frère se détourne de toi et qu’il oublie ce que tu lui as fait, et que j’envoie et que je te tire de là. Pourquoi serais-je privée de vous deux en un jour?
Until your brother’s anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 Et Rebecca dit à Isaac: J’ai la vie en aversion à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob prend une femme d’entre les filles de Heth, comme celles-ci, d’entre les filles du pays, à quoi bon pour moi de vivre?
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
