Genèse 27
1 II arriva, comme Isaac était devenu vieux, que sa vue s’obscurcit. Un jour, il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné et lui dit: "Mon fils!" II répondit: "Me voici."
And it came to pass when Isaac had become old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he said to him, Here am I.
2 Isaac reprit "Vois, je suis devenu vieux, je ne connais point l’heure de ma mort.
And he said, Behold now, I am become old; I know not the day of my death.
3 Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc; va aux champs et prends du gibier pour moi.
And now, I pray thee, take thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field and hunt me venison,
4 Fais m’en un ragoût comme je l’aime, sers-le moi et que j’en mange afin que mon cœur te bénisse avant ma mort.
and prepare me a savoury dish such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, in order that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 Or Rébecca entendit ce qu’Isaac disait à Ésaü son fils. Ésaü alla aux champs pour chasser du gibier et le rapporter.
And Rebecca heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt venison, to bring it.
6 Cependant Rébecca dit à Jacob, son fils: "Ecoute; j’ai entendu ton père parler ainsi à Ésaü, ton frère:
And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,
7 ‘Apporte-moi du gibier et apprête moi un ragoût que je mangerai et je te bénirai devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.’
Bring me venison, and prepare me a savoury dish, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah, before my death.
8 Et maintenant, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix, sur ce que je vais t’ordonner:
And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.
9 va au menu bétail et prends moi deux beaux chevreaux et j’en ferai pour ton père un ragoût tel qu’il l’aime.
Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves.
10 Tu le présenteras à ton père et il mangera; de sorte qu’il te bénira avant de mourir."
And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may eat, in order that he may bless thee before his death.
11 Jacob dit à Rébecca sa mère: "Mais Ésaü, mon frère, est un homme velu et moi je ne le suis pas.
And Jacob said to Rebecca his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 Si par hasard mon père me tâte, je serai à ses yeux comme un trompeur, et, au lieu de bénédiction, c’est une malédiction que j’aurai attirée sur moi!"
My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks [him], and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.
13 Sa mère lui répondit: "Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Obéis seulement à ma voix et va me chercher ce que j’ai dit."
And his mother said to him, On me [be] thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch [them].
14 Il alla le chercher et l’apporta à sa mère. Celle ci en fit un mets selon le goût de son père.
And he went, and fetched and brought [them] to his mother. And his mother prepared a savoury dish such as his father loved.
15 Puis Rébecca prit les plus beaux vêtements d’Ésaü, son fils aîné, lesquels étaient sous sa main dans la maison et elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils;
And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;
16 de la peau des chevreaux, elle enveloppa ses mains et la surface lisse de son cou,
and she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck;
17 et posa le mets avec le pain, qu’elle avait apprêtés, dans la main de Jacob, son fils.
and she gave the savoury dishes and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 Celui-ci entra chez son père, disant: "Mon père!" II répondit: "Me voici; qui es tu, mon fils?"
And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?
19 Jacob dit à son père: "Je suis Ésaü, ton premier né; j’ai fait ainsi que tu m’as dit. Viens donc, assieds toi et mange de ma chasse afin que ton cœur me bénisse."
And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau, thy firstborn. I have done according as thou didst say to me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
20 Isaac dit à son fils: "Qu’est ceci? tu as été prompt à faire capture mon fils!" Il répondit: "C’Est que l’Éternel ton Dieu m’a donné bonne chance."
And Isaac said to his son, How is it that thou hast found [it] so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God put [it] in my way.
21 Isaac dit à Jacob "Approche que je te tâte, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü ou non."
And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be really my son Esau or not.
22 Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père, qui le tâta et dit: "Cette voix, c’est la voix de Jacob; mais ces mains sont les mains d’Ésaü."
And Jacob drew near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 II ne le reconnut point, parce que ses mains étaient velues comme celles d’Ésaü son frère. Et il le bénit.
And he did not discern him, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; and he blessed him.
24 Il dit encore: "Tu es bien mon fils Ésaü?" II répondit: "Je le suis."
And he said, Art thou really my son Esau? And he said, It is I.
25 II reprit: "Donne, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils afin que mon cœur te bénisse!" II le servit et il mangea; lui présenta du vin et il but.
And he said, Bring [it] near to me, that I may eat of my son's venison, in order that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Isaac son père lui dit: "Approche, je te prie et embrasse moi, mon fils."
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near, now, and kiss me, my son.
27 II s’approcha et l’embrassa. Isaac aspira l’odeur de ses vêtements; il le bénit et dit: "Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d’une terre favorisée du Seigneur!
And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelt the smell of his clothes, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath blessed.
28 Puisse-t-il t’enrichir, le Seigneur, de la rosée des cieux et des sucs de la terre, d’une abondance de moissons et de vendanges!
And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.
29 Que des peuples t’obéissent! Que des nations tombent à tes pieds! Sois le chef de tes frères et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Malédiction à qui te maudira et qui te bénira soit béni!"
Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.
30 Or, comme Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, il arriva que Jacob sortait précisément de devant Isaac son père, lorsque son frère Ésaü revint de la chasse.
And it came to pass when Isaac had ended blessing Jacob, and when Jacob was only just gone out from Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came from his hunting.
31 II apprêta, lui aussi, un ragoût et le présenta à son père en lui disant: "Que mon père se dispose à manger de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton cœur me bénisse.
And he also had prepared savoury dishes, and he brought [them] in to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
32 lsaac, son père, lui demanda: "Qui es-tu?" II répondit: "Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Ésaü."
And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
33 Isaac fut saisi d’une frayeur extrême et il dit: "Quel est donc cet autre, qui avait pris du gibier et me l’avait apporté? J’Ai mangé de tout avant ton arrivée et je l’ai béni. Eh bien! Il restera béni!"
Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought [it] to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.
34 Ésaü, entendant les paroles de son père, poussa des cris bruyants et douloureux et il dit à son père "Moi aussi bénis-moi, mon père!"
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me — me also, my father!
35 II répondit: "Ton frère a usé de ruse et il a enlevé ta bénédiction."
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.
36 Ésaü dit alors: "Est ce parce qu’on l’a nommé Jacob qu’il m’a supplanté deux fois déjà? II m’a enlevé mon droit d’aînesse et voici que maintenant il m’enlève ma bénédiction!" Et il ajouta: "N’As tu pas réservé une bénédiction pour moi?"
And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37 Isaac répondit en ces termes à Ésaü: "Certes! je l’ai institué ton supérieur, j’ai fait de tous ses frères ses serviteurs, je lai gratifié de la moisson et de la vendange: pour toi, dès lors, que puis je faire, mon fils?"
And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and with corn and new wine have I supplied him — and what can I do now for thee, my son?
38 Ésaü dit à son père: "Ne possèdes tu qu’une seule bénédiction, mon père? Mon père, bénis moi aussi!" Et Esaü éclata en pleurs.
And Esau said to his father, Hast thou then but one blessing, my father? bless me — me also, my father! And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
39 Pour réponse, Isaac son père lui dit: "Eh bien! une grasse contrée sera ton domaine et les cieux t’enverront leur rosée.
And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of the dew of heaven from above;
40 Mais tu ne vivras qu’à la pointe de ton épée; tu seras tributaire de ton frère. Pourtant, après avoir plié sous le joug, ton cou s’en affranchira."
And by thy sword shalt thou live; And thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass when thou rovest about, That thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 Ésaü prit Jacob en haine à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée. Et Ésaü se dit en lui même: "Le temps du deuil de mon père approche; je ferai périr Jacob mon frère."
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
42 Et Rébecca fut informée des desseins d’Ésaü son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son plus jeune fils et lui dit "Écoute, Ésaü ton frère veut se venger de toi en te faisant mourir.
And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.
43 Et maintenant, mon fils, obéis à ma voix: pars, va te réfugier auprès de Laban, mon frère, à Haràn.
And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
44 Tu resteras chez lui quelque temps, jusqu’à ce que s’apaise la fureur de ton frère.
and abide with him some days, until thy brother's fury turn away —
45 Lorsque l’animosité de ton frère ne te menacera plus et qu’il aura oublié ce que tu lui as fait, je t’enverrai ramener de là bas: pourquoi m’exposer à vous perdre tous deux à la fois?"
until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee thence. Why should I be bereaved even of you both in one day?
46 Rébecca dit à Isaac: "La vie m’est à charge, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob choisit une épouse parmi les filles de Heth, telle que celles-ci, parmi les filles de cette contrée, que m’importe la vie?"
And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good should my life do me?
