Genèse 28
1 Et Isaac appela Jacob, et le bénit, et lui commanda, et lui dit: Tu ne prendras pas de femme d’entre les filles de Canaan.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Lève-toi, va à Paddan-Aram, à la maison de Bethuel, père de ta mère, et prends de là une femme d’entre les filles de Laban, frère de ta mère.
Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram [in northwest Mesopotamia], to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you.
3 Et que le Dieu Tout-puissant te bénisse, et te fasse fructifier et te multiplie, afin que tu deviennes une assemblée de peuples;
I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to [get married and] have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
4 et qu’il te donne la bénédiction d’Abraham, à toi et à ta semence avec toi, afin que tu possèdes le pays où tu as séjourné, lequel Dieu a donné à Abraham.
I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to [my father] Abraham and his descendants.”
5 Et Isaac fit partir Jacob, qui s’en alla à Paddan-Aram, vers Laban, fils de Bethuel, l’Araméen, frère de Rebecca, mère de Jacob et d’Ésaü.
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
6 Et Ésaü vit qu’Isaac avait béni Jacob, et l’avait fait partir pour Paddan-Aram pour y prendre une femme, et qu’en le bénissant il lui avait commandé, disant: Tu ne prendras pas de femme d’entre les filles de Canaan;
Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,”
7 et que Jacob avait écouté son père et sa mère, et s’en était allé à Paddan-Aram;
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 alors Ésaü vit que les filles de Canaan étaient mal vues d’Isaac, son père;
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 et Ésaü s’en alla vers Ismaël, et prit pour femme, outre les femmes qu’il avait, Mahalath, fille d’Ismaël, fils d’Abraham, sœur de Nebaïoth.
Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
10 Et Jacob sortit de Beër-Shéba, et s’en alla à Charan;
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 et il se rencontra en un lieu où il passa la nuit, car le soleil était couché; et il prit des pierres du lieu, et s’en fit un chevet, et se coucha en ce lieu-là.
When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.
12 Et il songea: et voici une échelle dressée sur la terre, et son sommet touchait aux cieux; et voici, les anges de Dieu montaient et descendaient sur elle.
While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he [was surprised to] see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
13 Et voici, l’Éternel se tenait sur elle, et il dit: Je suis l’Éternel, le Dieu d’Abraham, ton père, et le Dieu d’Isaac; la terre, sur laquelle tu es couché, je te la donnerai, et à ta semence;
And he [was surprised to] see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.
14 et ta semence sera comme la poussière de la terre; et tu t’étendras à l’occident, et à l’orient, et au nord, et au midi; et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi et en ta semence.
Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of [what happens to] you and to your descendants.
15 Et voici, je suis avec toi; et je te garderai partout où tu iras, et je te ramènerai dans cette terre-ci, car je ne t’abandonnerai pas jusqu’à ce que j’aie fait ce que je t’ai dit.
I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
16 Et Jacob se réveilla de son sommeil, et il dit: Certainement, l’Éternel est dans ce lieu, et moi je ne le savais pas.
[During the night], when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!”
17 Et il eut peur, et dit: Que ce lieu-ci est terrible! Ce n’est autre chose que la maison de Dieu, et c’est ici la porte des cieux!
He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”
18 Et Jacob se leva de bon matin, et prit la pierre dont il avait fait son chevet, et la dressa en stèle, et versa de l’huile sur son sommet.
In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone [to dedicate it to God].
19 Et il appela le nom de ce lieu-là Béthel; mais premièrement le nom de la ville était Luz.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Et Jacob fit un vœu, en disant: Si Dieu est avec moi et me garde dans ce chemin où je marche, et qu’il me donne du pain à manger et un vêtement pour me vêtir,
Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 et que je retourne en paix à la maison de mon père, l’Éternel sera mon Dieu.
in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
22 Et cette pierre que j’ai dressée en stèle sera la maison de Dieu; et de tout ce que tu me donneras, je t’en donnerai la dîme.
This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
