Genèse 35
1 Dieu dit ensuite à Jacob: Lève-toi, pars pour Béthel, établis là ta demeure et élève en ce lieu un autel au Dieu qui t'y est apparu, lorsque tu fuyais Esaü ton frère.
[Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
2 Jacob alors dit aux siens et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: Faites disparaître du milieu de vous les dieux étrangers qui s'y trouvent; purifiez- vous et changez de vêtement.
So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
3 Puis, levons-nous, allons à Béthel; nous y bâtirons un autel au Dieu qui m'a exaucé en un jour d'affliction, à celui qui fut avec moi, et qui m'a sauvé dans la voie où je marchais.
Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 Ils donnèrent donc à Jacob les dieux étrangers qui étaient entre leurs mains, ainsi que les pendants d'oreilles. Jacob les enfouit sous le térébinthe des Sécimes, et on ne les a jamais retrouvés jusqu'à ce jour.
So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
5 Israël décampa de la terre des Sécimes, et une terreur causée par Dieu tomba sur toutes les villes des alentours, en sorte que les fils de Jacob ne furent point poursuivis.
As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
6 Et Jacob ainsi que tout le peuple qui étais avec lui arrivèrent à Luza, la même que Béthel, en la terre de Chanaan.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Il y bâtit un autel, et il donna à ce lieu le nom de Béthel, parce que c'est là que le Seigneur lui était paru, quand il fuyait Esaü son frère.
There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
8 Cependant Déborra, la nourrice de Rachel, mourut, et elle fut ensevelie sous un chêne au-dessous de Béthel, et Jacob nomma l'arbre Chêne de deuil.
Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
9 Or, Dieu apparut encore à Jacob en Luza, à son retour de la Mésopotamie Syrienne, et Dieu le bénit,
After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
10 Et lui dit: Tu ne t'appelleras plus Jacob, mais ton nom sera Israël. Et il s'appela Israël.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Dieu lui dit: Je suis ton Dieu: crois et multiplie; des nations et des réunions de nations proviendront de toi, et des rois sortiront de tes reins.
Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
12 La terre que j'ai donnée à Abraham et Isaac, je te la donne; elle sera à toi, et après toi je donnerai cette terre à ta race.
The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
13 Après quoi, Dieu s'éloigna de lui et du lieu où il avait parlé.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Aussitôt, Jacob, au lieu même où Dieu lui avait parlé, dressa une colonne de pierre sur laquelle il répandit des libations et versa de l'huile.
Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
15 Et il nomma Béthel le lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé.
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Ensuite ayant décampé de Béthel, Jacob, dressa ses tentes au delà de la tour de Gader. Comme il approchait de Habrath pour arriver en Éphratha, Rachel enfanta, et elle souffrit beaucoup dans l'enfantement.
Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
17 Il advint, pendant qu'elle enfantait ainsi péniblement, que la sage-femme lui dit: Prends courage, c'est un fils.
When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
18 Or, au moment où son âme allait la quitter, car elle mourut, elle lui donna le nom de Fils de ma douleur (Bénoni), mais le père l'appela Benjamin.
But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
19 Rachel mourut donc et fut ensevelie sur le chemin de l'hippodrome d'Éphratha, aujourd'hui Bethléem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Et Jacob dressa sur son sépulcre une colonne qu'on nomme encore aujourd'hui: Colonne du sépulcre de Rachel.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
22 Or, tandis qu'Israël demeurait en cette terre, Ruben s'éloigna et dormit avec Balla, concubine de son père Jacob. Israël apprit le fait et l'eut en abomination. Or, les fils de Jacob étaient douze.
While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
23 Fils de Lia: premier-né de Jacob, Ruben, puis Siméon, Lévi, Issachar et Zabulon;
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Fils de Rachel, Joseph et Benjamin
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Fils de Balla, servante de Rachel, Dan et Nephthali;
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Fils de Zelpha, servante de Lia, Gad et Aser: tels sont les fils de Jacob qui lui naquirent en la Mésopotamie Syrienne.
The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
27 Jacob alla ensuite en Membré, auprès d'Isaac son père, dans la ville de la plaine qui est Hébron, en la terre de Chanaan, où Abraham et Isaac furent passagers.
Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
28 Bientôt les jours que vécut Isaac formèrent cent-quatre-vingts ans.
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 Isaac mourut, et il se réunit à son peuple, âgé et plein de jours; ses fils Esaü et Jacob l'ensevelirent.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
