Genèse 12
1 L’Éternel avait dit à Abram: "Éloigne-toi de ton pays, de ton lieu natal et de la maison paternelle, et va au pays que je t’indiquerai.
The Lord told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, your family home, and travel to the country I'm going to show you.
2 Je te ferai devenir une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom glorieux, et tu seras un type de bénédiction.
I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.
3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et qui t’outragera je le maudirai; et par toi seront heureuses toutes les races de la terre."
I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you. Everyone on earth will be blessed through you.”
4 Abram partit comme le lui avait dit l’Éternel, et Loth alla avec lui. Abram était âgé de soixante-quinze ans lorsqu’il sortit de Harân.
So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.
5 "Abram prit Saraï son épouse, Loth fils de son frère, et tous les biens et les gens qu’ils avaient acquis à Harân. Ils partirent pour se rendre dans le pays de Canaan, et ils arrivèrent dans ce pays.
With him went his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, together with all the possessions they had collected and the people that had joined them in Harran. They left for the land of Canaan. When they arrived there,
6 Abram s’avança dans le pays jusqu’au territoire de Sichem, jusqu’à la plaine de Môré; le Cananéen habitait dès lors ce pays.
Abram traveled on through the country as far as a place called Shechem, stopping at the oak tree of Moreh. At that time the country was occupied by Canaanites.
7 L’Éternel apparut à Abram et dit: "C’Est à ta postérité que je destine ce pays." Il bâtit en ce lieu un autel au Dieu qui lui était apparu.
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.
8 Il se transporta de là vers la montagne à l’est de Béthel et y dressa sa tente, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Aï à l’orient; il y érigea un autel au Seigneur, et il proclama le nom de l’Éternel.
Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
9 Abram partit ensuite, se dirigeant constamment vers le midi.
After that he went on his way, heading towards the Negev.
10 Or, il y eut une famine dans le pays. Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, la famine étant excessive dans le pays.
But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.
11 Quand il fut sur le point d’arriver en Égypte, il dit à Saraï son épouse: "Certes, je sais que tu es une femme au gracieux visage.
As he approached Egypt and was about to cross the border, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
12 Il arrivera que, lorsque les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: ‘C’Est sa femme’; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront la vie.
When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!
13 Dis, je te prie, que tu es ma soeur; et je serai heureux par toi, car j’aurai, grâce à toi, la vie sauve."
Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”
14 En effet, lorsqu’Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens remarquèrent que cette femme était extrêmement belle;
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
15 puis les officiers de Pharaon la virent et la vantèrent à Pharaon et cette femme fut enlevée pour le palais de Pharaon.
Pharaoh's officials also noticed and spoke positively about her to Pharaoh. So Sarai was taken to his palace to become one of his wives.
16 Quant à Abram, il fut bien traité pour l’amour d’elle; il eut du menu et du gros bétail, des ânes, des esclaves mâles et femelles, des ânesses et des chameaux.
Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her, giving him sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 Mais l’Éternel affligea de plaies terribles Pharaon et sa maison, à cause de Saraï, l’épouse d’Abram.
But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Pharaon manda Abram, et dit: "Qu’as-tu fait là à mon égard? Pourquoi ne m’as-tu pas déclaré qu’elle est ta femme?
So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
19 "Pourquoi as-tu dit: ‘Elle est ma sœur’, de sorte que je l’ai prise pour moi comme épouse? Or maintenant, voici ta femme, reprends-la et retire-toi!"
Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,’ and let me take her to become one of my wives? So here's your wife! Take her and leave!”
20 Pharaon lui donna une escorte, qui le reconduisit avec sa femme et toute sa suite.
Pharaoh ordered his guards to expel him and his wife from the country, along with everyone with them and all their possessions.
