Genèse 33
1 Jacob leva les yeux, et regarda; et voici, Ésaü arrivait, avec quatre cents hommes. Il répartit les enfants entre Léa, Rachel, et les deux servantes.
Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.
2 Il plaça en tête les servantes avec leurs enfants, puis Léa avec ses enfants, et enfin Rachel avec Joseph.
And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.
3 Lui-même passa devant eux; et il se prosterna en terre sept fois, jusqu’à ce qu’il fût près de son frère.
And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.
4 Ésaü courut à sa rencontre; il l’embrassa, se jeta à son cou, et le baisa. Et ils pleurèrent.
And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.
5 Ésaü, levant les yeux, vit les femmes et les enfants, et il dit: Qui sont ceux que tu as là? Et Jacob répondit: Ce sont les enfants que Dieu a accordés à ton serviteur.
And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant.”
6 Les servantes s’approchèrent, elles et leurs enfants, et se prosternèrent;
Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.
7 Léa et ses enfants s’approchèrent aussi, et se prosternèrent; ensuite Joseph et Rachel s’approchèrent, et se prosternèrent.
Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.
8 Ésaü dit: A quoi destines-tu tout ce camp que j’ai rencontré? Et Jacob répondit: A trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur.
And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”
9 Ésaü dit: Je suis dans l’abondance, mon frère; garde ce qui est à toi.
But he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be for yourself.”
10 Et Jacob répondit: Non, je te prie, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, accepte de ma main mon présent; car c’est pour cela que j’ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face de Dieu, et tu m’as accueilli favorablement.
And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me,
11 Accepte donc mon présent qui t’a été offert, puisque Dieu m’a comblé de grâces, et que je ne manque de rien. Il insista auprès de lui, et Ésaü accepta.
and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,
12 Ésaü dit: Partons, mettons-nous en route; j’irai devant toi.
he said, “Let us go on together, and I will accompany you on your journey.”
13 Jacob lui répondit: Mon seigneur sait que les enfants sont délicats, et que j’ai des brebis et des vaches qui allaitent; si l’on forçait leur marche un seul jour, tout le troupeau périrait.
And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.
14 Que mon seigneur prenne les devants sur son serviteur; et moi, je suivrai lentement, au pas du troupeau qui me précédera, et au pas des enfants, jusqu’à ce que j’arrive chez mon seigneur, à Séir.
May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir.”
15 Ésaü dit: Je veux au moins laisser avec toi une partie de mes gens. Et Jacob répondit: Pourquoi cela? Que je trouve seulement grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!
Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.”
16 Le même jour, Ésaü reprit le chemin de Séir.
And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.
17 Jacob partit pour Succoth. Il bâtit une maison pour lui, et il fit des cabanes pour ses troupeaux. C’est pourquoi l’on a appelé ce lieu du nom de Succoth.
And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’
18 A son retour de Paddan-Aram, Jacob arriva heureusement à la ville de Sichem, dans le pays de Canaan, et il campa devant la ville.
And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.
19 Il acheta la portion du champ où il avait dressé sa tente, des fils d’Hamor, père de Sichem, pour cent kesita.
And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred lambs.
20 Et là, il éleva un autel, qu’il appela El-Élohé-Israël.
And erecting an altar there, he invoked upon it the most strong God of Israel.
