Genèse 29
1 Et Jacob se mit en marche, et s’en alla au pays des fils de l’orient.
Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
2 Et il regarda, et voici un puits dans les champs, et voilà trois troupeaux de menu bétail couchés auprès, (car de ce puits-là on abreuvait les troupeaux); et il y avait une grosse pierre sur l’ouverture du puits.
He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
3 Et tous les troupeaux se rassemblaient là, et on roulait la pierre de dessus l’ouverture du puits, et on abreuvait le bétail; puis on remettait la pierre à sa place, sur l’ouverture du puits.
When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
4 Et Jacob leur dit: Mes frères, d’où êtes-vous? Et ils dirent: Nous sommes de Charan.
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
5 Et il leur dit: Connaissez-vous Laban, fils de Nakhor? Et ils dirent: Nous le connaissons.
“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
6 Et il leur dit: Se porte-t-il bien? Et ils dirent: Bien; et voici Rachel, sa fille, qui vient avec le bétail.
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
7 Et il dit: Voici, il est encore grand jour, il n’est pas temps de rassembler les troupeaux; abreuvez le bétail, et allez, faites-le paître.
“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
8 Et ils dirent: Nous ne le pouvons pas, jusqu’à ce que tous les troupeaux soient rassemblés; alors on roule la pierre de dessus l’ouverture du puits, et nous abreuvons le bétail.
But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
9 Comme il parlait encore avec eux, Rachel vint avec le bétail qui était à son père; car elle était bergère.
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
10 Et il arriva, quand Jacob vit Rachel, fille de Laban, frère de sa mère, et le bétail de Laban, frère de sa mère, que Jacob s’approcha, et roula la pierre de dessus l’ouverture du puits, et abreuva le bétail de Laban, frère de sa mère.
As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
11 Et Jacob embrassa Rachel, et éleva sa voix, et pleura.
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
12 Et Jacob apprit à Rachel qu’il était frère de son père et qu’il était fils de Rebecca; et elle courut le rapporter à son père.
He told Rachel that he was Rebekah’s son, a relative of her father, and she ran and told her father.
13 Et il arriva que, lorsque Laban apprit les nouvelles de Jacob, fils de sa sœur, il courut à sa rencontre, et l’embrassa et lui donna un baiser, et le fit entrer dans sa maison; et [Jacob] raconta à Laban toutes ces choses.
When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
14 Et Laban lui dit: Certes, tu es mon os et ma chair. Et il demeura avec lui un mois de temps.
Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
15 Et Laban dit à Jacob: Parce que tu es mon frère, me serviras-tu pour rien? Dis-moi quel sera ton salaire?
Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
16 Or Laban avait deux filles; le nom de l’aînée était Léa, et le nom de la plus jeune, Rachel.
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
17 Et Léa avait les yeux délicats; mais Rachel était belle de taille et belle de visage.
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
18 Et Jacob aimait Rachel, et il dit: Je te servirai sept ans pour Rachel, ta plus jeune fille.
Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
19 Et Laban dit: Mieux vaut que je te la donne que de la donner à un autre homme; demeure avec moi.
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
20 Et Jacob servit pour Rachel sept années; et elles furent à ses yeux comme peu de jours, parce qu’il l’aimait.
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
21 Et Jacob dit à Laban: Donne-moi ma femme; car mes jours sont accomplis, et je viendrai vers elle.
Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
22 Et Laban rassembla tous les gens du lieu, et fit un festin.
So Laban invited all the men of that place and prepared a feast.
23 Et il arriva, le soir, qu’il prit Léa, sa fille, et la lui amena; et il vint vers elle.
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
24 Et Laban donna Zilpa, sa servante, à Léa, sa fille, pour servante.
And Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
25 Et il arriva, au matin, que voici, c’était Léa. Et il dit à Laban: Que m’as-tu fait? N’est-ce pas pour Rachel que je t’ai servi? et pourquoi m’as-tu trompé?
When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
26 Et Laban dit: On ne fait pas ainsi, dans notre lieu, de donner la plus jeune avant l’aînée.
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
27 Accomplis la semaine de celle-ci, et nous te donnerons aussi celle-là, pour le service que tu feras chez moi encore sept autres années.
Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
28 Et Jacob fit ainsi, et il accomplit la semaine de celle-ci. Et [Laban] lui donna Rachel, sa fille, pour femme.
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
29 Et Laban donna Bilha, sa servante, à Rachel, sa fille, pour servante.
Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
30 Et il vint aussi vers Rachel; et il aima aussi Rachel plus que Léa. Et il servit Laban encore sept autres années.
Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
31 Et l’Éternel vit que Léa était haïe, et il ouvrit sa matrice; mais Rachel était stérile.
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
32 Et Léa conçut, et enfanta un fils, et elle appela son nom Ruben, car elle dit: Parce que l’Éternel a regardé mon affliction; car maintenant mon mari m’aimera.
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Parce que l’Éternel a entendu que j’étais haïe, il m’a donné aussi celui-ci; et elle appela son nom Siméon.
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
34 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Maintenant, cette fois, mon mari s’attachera à moi, car je lui ai enfanté trois fils; c’est pourquoi on appela son nom Lévi.
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
35 Et elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Cette fois, je louerai l’Éternel; c’est pourquoi elle appela son nom Juda; et elle cessa d’enfanter.
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
