Genèse 21
1 Et l'Eternel visita Sara, comme il avait dit; et lui fit ainsi qu'il en avait parlé.
Adonai visited Sarah [Princess] as he had said, and Adonai did to Sarah [Princess] as he had spoken.
2 Sara donc conçut, et enfanta un fils à Abraham en sa vieillesse, au temps précis que Dieu lui avait dit.
Sarah [Princess] conceived, and bore Abraham [Father of a multitude] a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 Et Abraham appela le nom de son fils, qui lui était né, [et] que Sara lui avait enfanté, Isaac.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah [Princess] bore to him, Isaac [Laughter].
4 Et Abraham circoncit son fils Isaac âgé de huit jours, comme Dieu lui avait commandé.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] circumcised his son, Isaac [Laughter], when he was eight days old, as God had enjoined him.
5 Or Abraham était âgé de cent ans quand Isaac son fils lui naquit.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac [Laughter], was born to him.
6 Et Sara dit: Dieu m'a donné de quoi rire; tous ceux qui l'apprendront riront avec moi.
Sarah [Princess] said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who sh'ma ·hears obeys· will laugh with me.”
7 Elle dit aussi: Qui eût dit à Abraham que Sara allaiterait des enfants? Car je lui ai enfanté un fils en sa vieillesse.
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], that Sarah [Princess] would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 Et l'enfant crût, et fut sevré; et Abraham fit un grand festin le jour qu'Isaac fut sevré.
The child grew, and was cameled. Abraham [Father of a multitude] made a great feast on the day that Isaac [Laughter] was cameled.
9 Et Sara vit le fils d'Agar Egyptienne, qu'elle avait enfanté à Abraham, se moquer.
Sarah [Princess] saw the son of Hagar [Flight] the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], whom she had borne to Abraham [Father of a multitude], metzahek ·lewd and irreverent jokes·.
10 Et elle dit à Abraham: Chasse cette servante et son fils, car le fils de cette servante n'héritera point avec mon fils, avec Isaac.
Therefore she said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Divorce and cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac [Laughter].”
11 Et cela déplut fort à Abraham, au sujet de son fils.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham [Father of a multitude]’s sight on account of his son.
12 Mais Dieu dit à Abraham: N'aie point de chagrin au sujet de l'enfant, ni de ta servante; dans toutes les choses que Sara te dira, acquiesce à sa parole; car en Isaac te sera appelée semence.
God said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah [Princess] says to you, sh'ma ·hear obey· her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac [Laughter].
13 Et toutefois je ferai aussi devenir le fils de la servante une nation, parce qu'il est ta semence.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 Puis Abraham se leva de bon matin, et prit du pain et une bouteille d'eau, et il les donna à Agar, en les mettant sur son épaule. [Il lui donna] aussi l'enfant et la renvoya. Elle se mit en chemin, et fut errante au désert de Béer-Sébah.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar [Flight], putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath].
15 Or quand l'eau de la bouteille eut manqué, elle jeta l'enfant sous un arbrisseau,
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 Et elle s'en alla environ à la portée d'une flèche, et s'assit vis-à-vis; car elle dit: Que je ne voie point mourir l'enfant. S'étant donc assise vis-à-vis, elle éleva sa voix, et pleura.
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 Et Dieu entendit la voix de l'enfant, et l'Ange de Dieu appela des cieux Agar, et lui dit: Qu'as-tu, Agar? Ne crains point, car Dieu a ouï la voix de l'enfant, [du lieu] où il est.
God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of the boy. Ha mal'ak Elohim [The Angel of God] called to Hagar [Flight] out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar [Flight]? Don’t be afraid. For God has sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Lève-toi, lève l'enfant, et prends-le par la main; car je le ferai devenir une grande nation.
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
19 Et Dieu lui ouvrit les yeux, et elle vit un puits d'eau, et, y étant allée, elle remplit d'eau la bouteille, et donna à boire à l'enfant.
God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
20 Et Dieu fut avec l'enfant, qui devint grand, et demeura au désert; et fut tireur d'arc.
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 Il demeura, dis-je, au désert de Paran; et sa mère lui prit une femme du pays d'Egypte.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
22 Et il arriva en ce temps-là qu'Abimélec, et Picol, chef de son armée, parla à Abraham, en disant: Dieu est avec toi en toutes les choses que tu fais.
At that time, Abimelech [My father king] and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham [Father of a multitude], saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 Maintenant donc, jure-moi ici par [le nom de] Dieu que tu ne me mentiras point, ni à mes enfants, ni aux enfants de mes enfants, et que selon la faveur que je t'ai faite, tu agiras envers moi, et envers le pays auquel tu as demeuré comme étranger.
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the cheshed ·loving-kindness· that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
24 Et Abraham répondit: Je te le jurerai.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “I will swear.”
25 Mais Abraham se plaignit à Abimélec au sujet d'un puits d'eau, dont les serviteurs d'Abimélec s'étaient emparés par violence.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] complained to Abimelech [My father king] because of a water well, which Abimelech [My father king]’s servants had violently taken away.
26 Et Abimélec dit: Je n'ai point su qui a fait cela, et aussi tu ne m'en as point averti, et je n'en ai point encore ouï parler jusqu'à ce jour.
Abimelech [My father king] said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it until today.”
27 Alors Abraham prit des brebis, et des bœufs, et les donna à Abimélec, et ils firent alliance ensemble.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech [My father king]. Those two made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
28 Et Abraham mit à part sept jeunes brebis de son troupeau.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Que veulent dire ces sept jeunes brebis que tu as mises à part?
Abimelech [My father king] said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”
30 Et il répondit: C'est que tu prendras ces sept jeunes brebis de ma main, pour me servir de témoignage que j'ai creusé ce puits.
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 C'est pourquoi on appela ce lieu-là Béer-Sébah, car tous deux y jurèrent.
Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], because they both swore there.
32 Ils traitèrent donc alliance en Béer-Sébah, puis Abimélec se leva avec Picol, chef de son armée, et ils s'en retournèrent au pays des Philistins.
So they made a covenant at Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath]. Abimelech [My father king] rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)].
33 Et [Abraham] planta un bois de chênes en Béer-Sébah, et invoqua là le nom de l'Eternel, le [Dieu] Fort d'éternité.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and called there on the name of Adonai, the El 'Olam [God Everlasting].
34 Et Abraham demeura comme étranger au pays des Philistins, durant un long temps.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] many days.
