Genèse 12
1 Le Seigneur dit alors à Abram: Sors de ta terre, de ta famille, et de la maison de ton père, pour te rendre en la terre que je te montrerai.
Now Adonai said to Avram [Exalted father], “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
2 Je ferai sortir de toi un grand peuple; je te bénirai, je glorifierai ton nom, et il sera béni.
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront; ceux qui je maudiront, je les maudirai, et en toi seront bénies toutes les tribus de la terre.
I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
4 Et Abram s'en alla, comme avait dit le Seigneur, et Lot partit avec lui. Or, Abram avait soixante-quinze ans lorsqu'il sortit de Haran.
So Avram [Exalted father] went out, as Adonai had told him. Lot [Veil, Covering] went with him. Avram [Exalted father] was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran [Mountaineer].
5 Abram prit donc Sara, sa femme, Lot, fils de son frère, tout ce qui leur appartenait, tout ce qu'ils avaient acquis, toutes les âmes qu'ils avaient acquises dans Haran; et ils partirent pour passer en la terre de Chanaan.
Avram [Exalted father] took Sarai [Mockery] his wife, Lot [Veil, Covering] his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran [Mountaineer], and they went to go into the land of Canaan [Humbled]. They entered into the land of Canaan [Humbled].
6 Abram traversa cette terre dans toute sa longueur jusqu'au territoire de Sichem, vers le grand chêne. Or, les Chananéens habitaient alors cette terre.
Avram [Exalted father] passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanites [Descendants of Humbled] were in the land, then.
7 Et le Seigneur apparut à Abram, et il lui dit: À ta face je donnerai cette terre; c'est pourquoi Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur qui lui était apparu.
Adonai appeared to Avram [Exalted father] and said, “I will give this land to your seed.” He built an altar there to Adonai, who had appeared to him.
8 Et il alla de ce lieu vers la montagne, à l'orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l'occident, et Angaï à l'orient; puis il éleva là un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua le nom du Seigneur.
He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Beth-el [House of God] and pitched his tent, having Beth-el [House of God] on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Adonai and called on Adonai’s name.
9 Ensuite Abram partit, et, ayant marché, il campa dans le désert.
Avram [Exalted father] traveled, still going on toward the South.
10 Il y eut alors une famine en la contrée, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, parce que la famine avait prévalu dans le pays.
There was a famine in the land. Avram [Exalted father] went down into Egypt [Abode of slavery] to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
11 Or, il arriva qu'Abram, près d'entrer en Égypte, dit à Sara, sa femme: Je sais que tu es une femme très belle;
When he had come near to enter Egypt [Abode of slavery], he said to Sarai [Mockery] his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
12 Il adviendra donc, quand les Égyptiens t'auront vue, qu'ils diront: C'est sa femme; alors ils me tueront, et ils s'empareront de toi.
It will happen, when the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
13 Dis donc: Je suis sa sœur, afin qu'à cause de toi je sois mieux traité, et qu'en ta considération j'aie la vie sauve.
Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
14 Et lorsque Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était très belle.
When Avram [Exalted father] had come into Egypt [Abode of slavery], Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery] saw that the woman was very beautiful.
15 Les officiers du Pharaon la virent aussi; ils la vantèrent devant le Pharaon, et ils la conduisirent en sa demeure.
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
16 À cause d'elle, ils traitèrent bien Abram, et il eut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs, des servantes, des mulets et des chameaux.
He dealt well with Avram [Exalted father] for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 Mais Dieu envoya au Pharaon et à sa famille de grandes et cruelles afflictions, à cause de Sara, femme d'Abram.
Adonai afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai [Mockery], Avram [Exalted father]’s wife.
18 Et le Pharaon ayant appelé Abram, lui dit: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela, et ne m'as-tu pas dit: C'est ma femme?
Pharaoh called Avram [Exalted father] and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
19 Pourquoi as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur? Alors je l'ai prise pour qu'elle fût ma femme; or, maintenant voici ta femme devant toi; reprends-la, et pars aussitôt.
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”
20 Le Pharaon prescrivit à des hommes d'escorter Abram, sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
Pharaoh enjoined men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
