Genèse 30
1 Lorsque Rachel vit qu’elle ne donnait point d’enfants à Jacob, elle porta envie à sa sœur, et elle dit à Jacob: Donne-moi des enfants, ou je meurs!
Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
2 La colère de Jacob s’enflamma contre Rachel, et il dit: Suis-je à la place de Dieu, qui t’empêche d’être féconde?
Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
3 Elle dit: Voici ma servante Bilha; va vers elle; qu’elle enfante sur mes genoux, et que par elle j’aie aussi des fils.
Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
4 Et elle lui donna pour femme Bilha, sa servante; et Jacob alla vers elle.
So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
5 Bilha devint enceinte, et enfanta un fils à Jacob.
She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
6 Rachel dit: Dieu m’a rendu justice, il a entendu ma voix, et il m’a donné un fils. C’est pourquoi elle l’appela du nom de Dan.
Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
7 Bilha, servante de Rachel, devint encore enceinte, et enfanta un second fils à Jacob.
Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
8 Rachel dit: J’ai lutté divinement contre ma sœur, et j’ai vaincu. Et elle l’appela du nom de Nephthali.
Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
9 Léa voyant qu’elle avait cessé d’enfanter, prit Zilpa, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Jacob.
When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
10 Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un fils à Jacob.
Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
11 Léa dit: Quel bonheur! Et elle l’appela du nom de Gad.
Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
12 Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un second fils à Jacob.
Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
13 Léa dit: Que je suis heureuse! Car les filles me diront heureuse. Et elle l’appela du nom d’Aser.
Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
14 Ruben sortit au temps de la moisson des blés, et trouva des mandragores dans les champs. Il les apporta à Léa, sa mère. Alors Rachel dit à Léa: Donne-moi, je te prie, des mandragores de ton fils.
When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
15 Elle lui répondit: Est-ce peu que tu aies pris mon mari, pour que tu prennes aussi les mandragores de mon fils? Et Rachel dit: Eh bien! Il couchera avec toi cette nuit pour les mandragores de ton fils.
But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
16 Le soir, comme Jacob revenait des champs, Léa sortit à sa rencontre, et dit: C’est vers moi que tu viendras, car je t’ai acheté pour les mandragores de mon fils. Et il coucha avec elle cette nuit.
When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
17 Dieu exauça Léa, qui devint enceinte, et enfanta un cinquième fils à Jacob.
God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
18 Léa dit: Dieu m’a donné mon salaire parce que j’ai donné ma servante à mon mari. Et elle l’appela du nom d’Issacar.
Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
19 Léa devint encore enceinte, et enfanta un sixième fils à Jacob.
Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
20 Léa dit: Dieu m’a fait un beau don; cette fois, mon mari habitera avec moi, car je lui ai enfanté six fils. Et elle l’appela du nom de Zabulon.
Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
21 Ensuite, elle enfanta une fille, qu’elle appela du nom de Dina.
Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
22 Dieu se souvint de Rachel, il l’exauça, et il la rendit féconde.
Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
23 Elle devint enceinte, et enfanta un fils, et elle dit: Dieu a enlevé mon opprobre.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
24 Et elle lui donna le nom de Joseph, en disant: Que l’Éternel m’ajoute un autre fils!
She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
25 Lorsque Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, Jacob dit à Laban: Laisse-moi partir, pour que je m’en aille chez moi, dans mon pays.
After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
26 Donne-moi mes femmes et mes enfants, pour lesquels je t’ai servi, et je m’en irai; car tu sais quel service j’ai fait pour toi.
You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
27 Laban lui dit: Puissé-je trouver grâce à tes yeux! Je vois bien que l’Éternel m’a béni à cause de toi;
But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
28 fixe-moi ton salaire, et je te le donnerai.
Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
29 Jacob lui dit: Tu sais comment je t’ai servi, et ce qu’est devenu ton troupeau avec moi;
Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
30 car le peu que tu avais avant moi s’est beaucoup accru, et l’Éternel t’a béni sur mes pas. Maintenant, quand travaillerai-je aussi pour ma maison?
You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
31 Laban dit: Que te donnerai-je? Et Jacob répondit: Tu ne me donneras rien. Si tu consens à ce que je vais te dire, je ferai paître encore ton troupeau, et je le garderai.
Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
32 Je parcourrai aujourd’hui tout ton troupeau; mets à part parmi les brebis tout agneau tacheté et marqueté et tout agneau noir, et parmi les chèvres tout ce qui est marqueté et tacheté. Ce sera mon salaire.
Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
33 Ma droiture répondra pour moi demain, quand tu viendras voir mon salaire; tout ce qui ne sera pas tacheté et marqueté parmi les chèvres, et noir parmi les agneaux, ce sera de ma part un vol.
In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
34 Laban dit: Eh bien! Qu’il en soit selon ta parole.
Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
35 Ce même jour, il mit à part les boucs rayés et marquetés, toutes les chèvres tachetées et marquetées, toutes celles où il y avait du blanc, et tout ce qui était noir parmi les brebis. Il les remit entre les mains de ses fils.
But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
36 Puis il mit l’espace de trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob; et Jacob fit paître le reste du troupeau de Laban.
Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Jacob prit des branches vertes de peuplier, d’amandier et de platane; il y pela des bandes blanches, mettant à nu le blanc qui était sur les branches.
Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
38 Puis il plaça les branches, qu’il avait pelées, dans les auges, dans les abreuvoirs, sous les yeux des brebis qui venaient boire, pour qu’elles entrassent en chaleur en venant boire.
Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
39 Les brebis entraient en chaleur près des branches, et elles faisaient des petits rayés, tachetés et marquetés.
The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
40 Jacob séparait les agneaux, et il mettait ensemble ce qui était rayé et tout ce qui était noir dans le troupeau de Laban. Il se fit ainsi des troupeaux à part, qu’il ne réunit point au troupeau de Laban.
Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
41 Toutes les fois que les brebis vigoureuses entraient en chaleur, Jacob plaçait les branches dans les auges, sous les yeux des brebis, pour qu’elles entrassent en chaleur près des branches.
In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
42 Quand les brebis étaient chétives, il ne les plaçait point; de sorte que les chétives étaient pour Laban, et les vigoureuses pour Jacob.
But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
43 Cet homme devint de plus en plus riche; il eut du menu bétail en abondance, des servantes et des serviteurs, des chameaux et des ânes.
As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
