Genèse 16

1 Saraï, épouse d’Abram, ne lui avait pas donné d’enfant. Elle avait une esclave égyptienne nommée Agar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Saraï dit à Abram: "Hélas! l’Éternel m’a refusé l’enfantement; approche-toi donc de mon esclave: peut-être, par elle, aurai-je un enfant." Abram obéit à la voix de Saraï.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Saraï, épouse d’Abram, prit Agar l’Egyptienne, son esclave, il y avait dix ans qu’Abram demeurait au pays de Canaan; et elle la donna à son époux Abram pour qu’elle lui servît de femme.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Il s’approcha d’Agar, et elle conçut. Quand elle vit qu’elle avait conçu, sa maîtresse devint l’objet de son dédain.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Saraï dit à Abram: "Mon injure est la tienne. Moi-même, j’ai placé mon esclave dans tes bras; or, elle a vu qu’elle avait conçu, et je suis devenue méprisable à ses yeux. L’Éternel prononcera entre moi et toi."

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Abram dit à Sarai: "Voici, ton esclave est dans ta main, fais-lui ce que bon te semble." Sarai l’humilia, et elle s’enfuit de devant elle.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 Un envoyé du Seigneur la trouva près d’une source d’eau, dans le désert, près de la source sur le chemin de Chour.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Il dit: "Agar, esclave de Saraï, d’où viens tu, et où veux-tu aller?" Elle répondit: "Je fuis de devant Saraï, ma maîtresse."

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 L’Envoyé du Seigneur lui dit: "Retourne chez ta maîtresse, et humilie-toi sous sa main."

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 L’Envoyé du Seigneur ajouta: "Je rendrai ta race très nombreuse, tellement qu’elle ne pourra être comptée."

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 L’Envoyé du Seigneur lui dit encore: "Te voici enceinte, et près d’enfanter un fils; tu énonceras son nom Ismaël, parce que Dieu a entendu ton affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Celui-ci sera un onagre parmi les hommes: sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; mais il se maintiendra à la face de tous ses frères."

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Et elle proclama ainsi le nom de l’Éternel qui lui avait parlé: "Tu es un Dieu visible!

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 C’Est pourquoi on appela cette source "la source du Vivant-qui-me-voit"; elle se trouve entre Cadès et Béred.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Agar enfanta un fils à Abram; et Abram nomma son fils, qu’avait enfanté Agar, Ismaël.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Abram était âgé de quatre-vingt-six-ans, lorsque Agar lui enfanta Ismaël.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.