Genèse 35
1 Le Seigneur dit à Jacob: "Va, monte à Béthel et y séjourne; et élèves-y un autel au Dieu qui t’apparut, lorsque tu fuyais devant Ésaü ton frère."
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and stay there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.”
2 Jacob dit à sa famille et à tous ses gens: "Faites disparaître les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous; purifiez vous et changez de vêtements.
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
3 Disposons-nous à monter à Béthel; j’y érigerai un autel au Dieu qui m’exauça à l’époque de ma détresse et qui fut avec moi sur la route où je marchais."
Then let us depart and go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 Ils remirent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qui étaient en leur possession et les joyaux qui étaient à leurs oreilles et Jacob les enfouit sous le tilleul qui était près de Sichem.
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 Ils partirent; dominées par une terreur divine, les villes d’alentour ne poursuivirent pas les fils de Jacob.
As they traveled, God made panic to fall on the cities that were around them, so those people did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 Jacob arriva à Louz, qui est dans le pays de Canaan, la même que Béthel, lui et tous ceux qui l’accompagnaient.
So Jacob arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7 Là il dressa un autel et il appela l’endroit Él béth Él; car là les puissances célestes lui étaient apparues, comme il fuyait à cause de son frère.
He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him, when he was fleeing from his brother.
8 Débora, nourrice de Rébecca, étant morte alors, fut enterrée au dessous de Béthel, au pied d’un chêne qui fut appelé le Chêne des Pleurs.
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died. She was buried down from Bethel under the oak tree, so it was called Allon Bakuth.
9 Dieu apparut de nouveau à Jacob, à son retour du territoire d’Aram et il le bénit.
When Jacob came from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 Dieu lui dit: "Tu te nommes Jacob; mais ton nom, désormais, ne sera plus Jacob, ton nom sera Israël"; il lui donna ainsi le nom d’Israël"
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob. Your name will be Israel.” So God called his name Israel.
11 Et Dieu lui dit: "Je suis le Dieu tout puissant: tu vas croître et multiplier! Un peuple, un essaim de peuples naîtra de toi et des rois sortiront de tes entrailles.
God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
12 Et le pays que j’ai accordé à Abraham et à Isaac, je te l’accorde et à ta postérité après toi je donnerai ce pays."
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you. To your descendants after you I also give the land.”
13 Le Seigneur disparut d’auprès de lui, dans le lieu où il lui avait parlé.
God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 Jacob érigea un monument dans l’endroit où il lui avait parlé, un monument de pierre; il fit couler dessus une libation et y répandit de l’huile.
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken to him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering over it and poured oil on it.
15 Et Jacob nomma cet endroit, où le Seigneur s’était entretenu avec lui, Béthel.
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
16 Ils partirent de Béthel; il y avait encore une kibra de pays pour arriver à Éfrath lorsque Rachel enfata et son enfantement fut pénible.
They journeyed on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. She had hard labor.
17 Comme elle était en proie aux douleurs de cet enfantement, la sage femme lui dit: "Ne sois pas inquiète, car c’est encore un fils qui t’arrive."
While she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
18 Or, au moment de rendre l’âme, car elle mourut, elle le nomma Ben-Oni; mais son père l’appela Benjamin.
As she was dying, with her dying breath she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
19 Rachel mourut donc et fut ensevelie sur le chemin d’Éfrath, qui est Bethléem.
Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 Jacob éleva un monument sur sa tombe: c’est le monument du Tombeau de Rachel, qui subsiste encore aujourd’hui.
Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day.
21 Israël partit et dressa sa tente au delà de Migdal Éder.
Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock.
22 Il arriva, tandis qu’Israël résidait dans cette contrée que Ruben alla cohabiter avec Bilha, concubine de son père, Israël en fut instruit. Or, les fils de Jacob furent douze.
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.
23 Fils de Léa: le premier né de Jacob, Ruben; puis Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issachar et Zabulon.
His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 Fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin.
His sons by Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Fils de Bilha, l’esclave de Rachel: Dan et Nephtali;
His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
26 et fils de Zilpa, l’esclave de Léa: Gad et Aser. Tels sont les fils de Jacob, qui lui naquirent dans le territoire d’Aram.
The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob arriva chez Isaac son père, à Mamré, la cité d’Arba, autrement Hébron, où demeurèrent Abraham et Isaac.
Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
28 Les jours d’Isaac ayant été de cent quatre vingts ans,
Isaac lived for one hundred eighty years.
29 il défaillit et mourut et rejoignit ses pères, âgé et rassasié de jours. Ésaü et Jacob, ses fils, l’ensevelirent.
Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
