Genèse 30
1 Et Rachel vit qu’elle ne donnait pas d’enfants à Jacob, et Rachel fut jalouse de sa sœur, et dit à Jacob: Donne-moi des fils, sinon je meurs.
Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
2 Et la colère de Jacob s’enflamma contre Rachel, et il dit: Suis-je à la place de Dieu, qui t’a refusé le fruit du ventre?
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
3 Et elle dit: Voici ma servante Bilha: va vers elle; et elle enfantera sur mes genoux, et moi aussi j’aurai des enfants par elle.
Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
4 Et elle lui donna Bilha, sa servante, pour femme; et Jacob vint vers elle.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Et Bilha conçut, et enfanta un fils à Jacob.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Et Rachel dit: Dieu m’a fait justice, et il a aussi entendu ma voix, et m’a donné un fils; c’est pourquoi elle appela son nom Dan.
Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
7 Et Bilha, servante de Rachel, conçut encore, et enfanta un second fils à Jacob.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Et Rachel dit: J’ai soutenu des luttes de Dieu avec ma sœur, aussi je l’ai emporté. Et elle appela son nom Nephthali.
Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
9 Et Léa vit qu’elle avait cessé d’enfanter, et elle prit Zilpa, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Jacob.
When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
10 Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un fils à Jacob.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Et Léa dit: La bonne fortune vient. Et elle appela son nom Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un second fils à Jacob.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Et Léa dit: Pour mon bonheur! car les filles me diront bienheureuse. Et elle appela son nom Aser.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Et Ruben sortit aux jours de la moisson du froment, et il trouva des mandragores dans les champs, et les apporta à Léa, sa mère. Et Rachel dit à Léa: Donne-moi, je te prie, des mandragores de ton fils.
When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
15 Et elle lui dit: Est-ce peu de chose que tu m’aies pris mon mari, et tu prends aussi les mandragores de mon fils! Et Rachel dit: Eh bien, il couchera avec toi cette nuit pour les mandragores de ton fils.
But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
16 Et Jacob vint des champs sur le soir, et Léa sortit à sa rencontre, et dit: C’est vers moi que tu viendras, car je t’ai loué pour les mandragores de mon fils. Et il coucha avec elle cette nuit-là.
When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
17 Et Dieu entendit Léa, et elle conçut, et enfanta à Jacob un cinquième fils.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Et Léa dit: Dieu m’a donné mon salaire, parce que j’ai donné ma servante à mon mari. Et elle appela son nom Issacar.
Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
19 Et Léa conçut encore, et enfanta à Jacob un sixième fils.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Et Léa dit: Dieu m’a fait un beau don; cette fois mon mari habitera avec moi, car je lui ai enfanté six fils. Et elle appela son nom Zabulon.
Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
21 Et après, elle enfanta une fille, et appela son nom Dina.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Et Dieu se souvint de Rachel; et Dieu l’écouta et ouvrit sa matrice.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Et elle conçut, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Dieu a ôté mon opprobre.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
24 Et elle appela son nom Joseph, en disant: Que l’Éternel m’ajoute un autre fils!
She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
25 Et il arriva, quand Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, que Jacob dit à Laban: Renvoie-moi, et j’irai dans mon lieu et dans mon pays.
After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
26 Donne-moi mes femmes pour lesquelles je t’ai servi, et mes enfants, et je m’en irai; car tu sais quel a été le service que je t’ai rendu.
You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
27 Et Laban lui dit: [Écoute], si au moins j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux! J’ai aperçu que l’Éternel m’a béni à cause de toi.
But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
28 Et il dit: Fixe-moi ton salaire, et je te le donnerai.
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Et il lui dit: Tu sais comment je t’ai servi, et ce qu’est devenu ton troupeau avec moi;
Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
30 car ce que tu avais avant moi était peu de chose, et s’est accru et est devenu une multitude; et l’Éternel t’a béni depuis que je suis venu. Et maintenant, quand travaillerai-je, moi aussi, pour ma maison?
You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
31 Et [Laban] dit: Que te donnerai-je? Et Jacob dit: Tu ne me donneras rien. Si tu veux faire ceci pour moi, je paîtrai encore ton bétail, [et] je le garderai:
Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
32 je passerai aujourd’hui par tout ton bétail, j’en ôterai toute bête marquetée et tachetée, et tous les agneaux foncés, et ce qui est tacheté et marqueté parmi les chèvres; et ce sera là mon salaire.
Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
33 Et ma justice répondra pour moi désormais, quand elle viendra devant toi pour mon salaire; tout ce qui ne sera pas marqueté et tacheté parmi les chèvres, et foncé parmi les agneaux, auprès de moi, sera tenu pour volé.
In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
34 Et Laban dit: Voici, qu’il en soit selon ta parole.
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Et il ôta ce jour-là les boucs rayés et tachetés, et toutes les chèvres marquetées et tachetées, toutes celles qui avaient du blanc, et tout ce qui était foncé parmi les agneaux, et il les remit entre les mains de ses fils.
But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
36 Et il mit trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob; et Jacob paissait le reste du bétail de Laban.
Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 – Et Jacob prit des branches fraîches de peuplier blanc, de coudrier, et d’érable, et y pela des raies blanches, mettant à nu le blanc qui était aux branches.
Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
38 Et il plaça les branches, qu’il avait pelées, devant le bétail dans les auges, dans les abreuvoirs où le bétail venait boire; et le bétail entrait en chaleur lorsqu’il venait boire;
Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
39 le bétail entrait en chaleur devant les branches, et il faisait des petits, rayés, marquetés, et tachetés.
The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
40 Et Jacob sépara les agneaux, et tourna la face du troupeau vers ce qui était rayé et tout ce qui était foncé dans le bétail de Laban; et il mit ses troupeaux à part, et ne les mit pas auprès du bétail de Laban.
Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
41 Et il arrivait que toutes les fois que les bêtes vigoureuses entraient en chaleur, Jacob mettait les branches dans les auges, devant les yeux du bétail, afin qu’elles entrent en chaleur en face des branches.
In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
42 Mais quand les bêtes étaient chétives, il ne les mettait pas; et les chétives étaient à Laban, et les vigoureuses à Jacob.
But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
43 Et l’homme s’accrut extrêmement, et eut un bétail nombreux, et des servantes et des serviteurs, et des chameaux et des ânes.
As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
