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.
It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyesight was failing so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
2 Voilà que j'ai vieilli, dit Isaac, et j'ignore le jour de ma fin.
He said, "Look, I am old now. I do not know the day of my death.
3 Maintenant donc, prends ton équipement, ton carquois et ton arc, sors dans la plaine, chasse pour moi du gibier.
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt down a wild animal 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.
Make me the tasty food that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die."
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,
Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went out to the field to hunt for a wild animal and bring it back to his father.
6 Rébécca dit à son fils puîné Jacob: J'ai entendu ton père, comme il parlait à ton frère Esaü, disant:
And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Look, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
7 Apporte-moi du gibier, et prépare-moi un mets, afin qu'après avoir mangé je te bénisse devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.
'Bring me a wild animal and prepare for me some tasty food, that I may eat it and bless you in my presence before my death.'
8 Maintenant donc, mon fils, obéis-moi et fais ce que je vais te prescrire.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
9 Va aux menus troupeaux, apporte-m'en deux beaux chevreaux tendres, je préparerai pour ton père le mets qu'il aime.
Go now to the flock, and get me from there two choice young goats. I will prepare them in a tasty way for your father, the way he likes it.
10 Et tu le lui porteras, afin qu'il mange et qu'il te bénisse avant de mourir.
You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."
11 Jacob dit à sa mère: Esaü, mon frère, est velu, et j'ai l'a peau unie.
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
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.
What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not 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.
His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go 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.
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.
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.
Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder 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;
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck.
17 Elle remit dans les mains de son fils Jacob les pains et le mets qu'elle avait préparé.
She handed the tasty food and the bread which she had prepared to her son Jacob.
18 Puis, il les porta à son père, et il dit: Père; celui-ci répondit: Me voici; qui es-tu, enfant?
He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. 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.
Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please sit up and eat what I hunted so that you can bless me."
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.
Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because your God gave me success."
21 Isaac dit à Jacob: 'Viens près de moi, que je te touche, enfant, pour connaître si tu es ou non mon fils Esaü.
Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really 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!
Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and 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.
He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau. So he blessed him.
24 Et il dit: Tu es mon fils Esaü? et Jacob dit: je le suis.
He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" 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.
He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of what my son caught so that I can bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
26 Et Isaac dit: Approche, enfant, et embrasse-moi.
His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
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.
He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the scent of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Look, the scent of my son is as the scent of a field which God has blessed.
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.
God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
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 serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
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.
It happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just left the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
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.
He also made some tasty food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father get up and eat of what his son caught, so that you may bless me."
32 Isaac lui dit alors: Qui es-tu? Je suis, répondit-il, ton fils premier- né, Esaü.
Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, 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.
Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was it then that hunted an animal and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
34 Or, Esaü, ayant ouï ces paroles, jeta un grand cri plein d'amertume, et il dit: Bénis-moi donc aussi, père.
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out loudly and bitterly, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
35 Isaac répondit: Ton frère est venu, employant la ruse, et a pris ta bénédiction.
He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken 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?
He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has taken what should have been mine these two times. He took away my birthright. Look, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved 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?
Isaac answered Esau, "Look, I have made him your lord, and I have made all of his brothers his servants. And I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What then can I 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.
Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Isaac reprit: C'est la graisse de la terre qui sera ton partage avec la rosée du ciel.
Isaac his father answered him, "Look, of the fatness of the earth will be your dwelling, and of the dew of the sky from above.
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 live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke 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.
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob."
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.
The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, "Look, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
43 Maintenant donc, enfant, sois docile à ma voix; lève-toi, et fuis rapidement en Mésopotamie, chez Laban mon frère, à Haran,
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
44 Et demeure avec lui quelque temps, jusqu'à ce que se détournent (de toi) la haine
Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turns 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.
until your brother's anger against you subsides, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and get you from there. Why should I lose both of you 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?
Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good is my life?"
