Genèse 27
1 Or, il arriva qu'Isaac ayant vieilli, ses yeux s'affaiblirent, et il appela son fils aîné Esaü, disant: Mon fils; et celui-ci répondit: Me voici.
Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
2 Voilà que j'ai vieilli, dit Isaac, et j'ignore le jour de ma fin.
And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:
3 Maintenant donc, prends ton équipement, ton carquois et ton arc, sors dans la plaine, chasse pour moi du gibier.
So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;
4 Prépare-moi le mets que j'aime, et apporte-le-moi, afin que je mange et que mon âme te bénisse avant de mourir.
And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.
5 Or, Rébécca entendit Isaac, comme il parlait à son fils Esaü; et pendant que celui-ci allait dans la plaine chasser du gibier pour son père,
Now Isaac's words to his son were said in Rebekah's hearing. Then Esau went out to get the meat.
6 Rébécca dit à son fils puîné Jacob: J'ai entendu ton père, comme il parlait à ton frère Esaü, disant:
And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,
7 Apporte-moi du gibier, et prépare-moi un mets, afin qu'après avoir mangé je te bénisse devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.
Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.
8 Maintenant donc, mon fils, obéis-moi et fais ce que je vais te prescrire.
Now, my son, do what I say.
9 Va aux menus troupeaux, apporte-m'en deux beaux chevreaux tendres, je préparerai pour ton père le mets qu'il aime.
Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:
10 Et tu le lui porteras, afin qu'il mange et qu'il te bénisse avant de mourir.
And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.
11 Jacob dit à sa mère: Esaü, mon frère, est velu, et j'ai l'a peau unie.
And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:
12 Je crains que mon père ne vienne à me toucher; il lui semblera que je le méprise, et j'attirerai sur moi sa malédiction au lieu de sa bénédiction.
If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
13 Sa mère lui dit: Je prends sur moi cette malédiction-là, mon enfant; obéis seulement à mes ordres, pars et apporte-moi ce que j'ai demandé.
And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.
14 Il partit donc, et il apporta les deux chevreaux à sa mère, et celle-ci prépara le mets qu'aimait son père.
So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.
15 Ensuite, Rebecea ayant pris la belle robe d'Esaü son fils aîné, qu'elle- même gardait en la maison, elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils.
And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
16 Elle entoura de la peau des chevreaux ses avant-bras et les parties nues de son cou;
And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:
17 Elle remit dans les mains de son fils Jacob les pains et le mets qu'elle avait préparé.
And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.
18 Puis, il les porta à son père, et il dit: Père; celui-ci répondit: Me voici; qui es-tu, enfant?
And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?
19 Jacob reprit: Je suis Esaü ton premier-né; j'ai fait ce que tu m'as dit: lève-toi donc, mets-toi sur ton séant, mange de mon gibier, et que ton âme me bénisse.
And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
20 Isaac dit à son fils: Comment donc en as-tu trouvé si vite, ô enfant? Et il répondit: C'est le Seigneur ton Dieu qui l'a procuré et amené devant moi.
And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.
21 Isaac dit à Jacob: 'Viens près de moi, que je te touche, enfant, pour connaître si tu es ou non mon fils Esaü.
And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.
22 Jacob s'approcha d'Isaac son père; et celui-ci le toucha et il dit: D'une part la voix de Jacob, d'autre part les mains d'Esaü!
And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 Et il ne reconnut pas Jacob, car les mains de Jacob étaient velues comme les mains d'Esaü, son frère; et il le bénit.
And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.
24 Et il dit: Tu es mon fils Esaü? et Jacob dit: je le suis.
And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 Sers-moi, dit Isaac, et je mangerai de ton gibier, afin que mon âme te bénisse. Son fils le servit aussitôt, et il mangea; il lui apporta du vin, et il but.
And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.
26 Et Isaac dit: Approche, enfant, et embrasse-moi.
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.
27 Et s'étant approché, il l'embrassa; son père sentit le parfum de ses vêtements, et il le bénit en disant: Voilà que le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d'un champ couvert de fleurs que le Seigneur a béni.
And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:
28 Que le Seigneur te fasse part de la rosée du ciel et de la graisse de la terre, qu'il te donne abondance de pain et de vin.
May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:
29 Que les nations te soient soumises, et que les princes se prosternent devant toi; sois le seigneur de ton frère, et que les fils de ton père se prosternent à tes pieds, maudit soit celui qui te maudira, béni celui qui te bénira.
Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
30 Or, ceci arriva: comme Isaac cessait de bénir Jacob son fils, au moment même où celui-ci s'éloignait de la face d'Isaac son père, Esaü son frère revint de la chasse.
And when Isaac had come to the end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had not long gone away from Isaac his father, Esau came in from the field.
31 Il prépara pareillement le mets, le porta à son père, et lui dit: Père, lève-toi, et mange du gibier de ton fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse.
And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
32 Isaac lui dit alors: Qui es-tu? Je suis, répondit-il, ton fils premier- né, Esaü.
And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your oldest son, Esau.
33 Isaac fut saisi d'une très grande stupeur et il dit: Qui donc est celui qui, ayant chassé, m'a apporté de son gibier, et m'a fait manger avant que tu sois revenu? Je l'ai béni, et il sera béni.
And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?
34 Or, Esaü, ayant ouï ces paroles, jeta un grand cri plein d'amertume, et il dit: Bénis-moi donc aussi, père.
And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!
35 Isaac répondit: Ton frère est venu, employant la ruse, et a pris ta bénédiction.
And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
36 Sur quoi Esaü s'écria: C'est justement qu'il a reçu le nom de Jacob, car il m'a supplanté encore cette fois. Il m'avait d'abord pris mon droit d'aînesse, et maintenant il vient de prendre ma bénédiction. Et s'adressant à Isaac, il ajouta: Père, n'as-tu point réservé une bénédiction pour moi?
And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?
37 Isaac lui répondit: Je l'ai fait ton seigneur, j'ai fait ses serviteurs tous ses frères, je l'ai affermi par le pain et le vin, que puis-je encore pour toi, enfant?
And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?
38 Et Esaü dit à son père: N'as-tu qu'une seule bénédiction, père? Bénis- moi donc aussi, père. Et Isaac étant troublé, Esaü jeta un grand cri et pleura.
And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.
39 Isaac reprit: C'est la graisse de la terre qui sera ton partage avec la rosée du ciel.
Then Isaac his father made answer and said to him, Far from the fertile places of the earth, and far from the dew of heaven on high will your living-place be:
40 Tu vivras de ton glaive, et tu seras soumis à ton frère, jusqu'à ce que tu ôtes et délies son joug de ton cou,
By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.
41 Or, Esaü était profondément irrité contre Jacob à cause de la bénédiction que lui avait donnée son père; et Esaü dit en sa pensée: Viennent les jours du deuil de mon père, et je tuerai mon frère Jacob.
So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
42 Ces paroles d'Esaü furent rapportées à Rébécca; elle envola chercher Jacob, son plus jeune fils, et elle lui dit: Ton frère Esaü menace de te tuer.
Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.
43 Maintenant donc, enfant, sois docile à ma voix; lève-toi, et fuis rapidement en Mésopotamie, chez Laban mon frère, à Haran,
So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;
44 Et demeure avec lui quelque temps, jusqu'à ce que se détournent (de toi) la haine
And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
45 Et la colère de ton frère, qu'il oublie ce que tu lui as fait, et que j'envoie quelqu'un te rappeler; pars, de peur qu'en un seul jour je cesse d'être mère en vous perdant tous les deux.
Till the memory of what you have done to him is past and he is no longer angry: then I will send word for you to come back; are the two of you to be taken from me in one day?
46 Rébécca dit aussi à Isaac: La vie m'est devenue amère à cause des filles des Hettéens; si Jacob prend femme parmi les filles de cette race, à quoi me sert la vie?
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?
