Genèse 21
1 Et l'Éternel visita Sara, comme il l'avait dit; et l'Éternel fit à Sara comme il en avait parlé.
Adonai visited Sarah [Princess] as he had said, and Adonai did to Sarah [Princess] as he had spoken.
2 Et Sara conçut, et enfanta un fils à Abraham dans sa vieillesse, à l'époque que Dieu lui avait dite.
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 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 Isaac son fils à l'âge de huit jours, comme Dieu le 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, Abrabam 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 fait une chose qui fera rire; tous ceux qui l'apprendront, riront à mon sujet.
Sarah [Princess] said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who sh'ma ·hears obeys· will laugh with me.”
7 Puis elle dit: Qui eût dit à Abraham que Sara allaiterait des enfants? car je lui ai enfanté un fils dans 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 grandit, et fut sevré. Et Abraham fit un grand festin le jour où Isaac fut sevré.
The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham [Father of a multitude] made a great feast on the day that Isaac [Laughter] was weaned.
9 Et Sara vit le fils d'Agar l'Égyptienne qu'elle avait enfanté à Abraham, qui riait.
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 cette parole déplut fort à Abraham, à cause 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: Que cela ne te déplaise pas à cause de l'enfant et de ta servante. Quoi que te dise Sara, obéis à sa voix: car c'est en Isaac que ta postérité sera appelée de ton nom.
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 Mais je ferai aussi du fils de la servante une nation, parce qu'il est ta race.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 Et Abraham se leva de bon matin, prit du pain et une outre d'eau, et les donna à Agar; il les mit sur son épaule; il lui donna aussi l'enfant et la renvoya. Et elle s'en alla et erra dans le désert de Béer-Shéba.
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 Quand l'eau de l'outre fut épuisée, elle laissa l'enfant sous un des arbrisseaux.
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 Et elle s'en alla, et s'assit vis-à-vis, environ à la distance d'une portée d'arc; car elle dit: Que je ne voie pas mourir l'enfant. Et elle s'assit vis-à-vis, éleva la 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 du jeune garçon, et l'ange de Dieu appela des cieux Agar, et lui dit: Qu'as-tu, Agar? Ne crains point, car Dieu a entendu la voix du jeune garçon, là 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, prends le jeune garçon, et tiens-le par la main; car je ferai de lui 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 elle alla et remplit l'outre d'eau, et donna à boire au jeune garçon.
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 le jeune garçon, qui devint grand, et habita dans le désert; et il 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 Et il habita dans le désert de Paran. Et sa mère lui prit une femme du pays d'Égypte.
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 qu'en ce temps-là Abimélec, accompagné de Picol, chef de son armée, parla à Abraham, en disant: Dieu est avec toi dans tout ce 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 tromperas ni moi, ni mes enfants, ni ma race. Tu agiras envers moi et envers le pays où tu as séjourné, avec la même bonté avec laquelle j'ai agi envers toi.
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 chesed ·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 le jurerai.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “I will swear.”
25 Mais Abraham se plaignit à Abimélec à cause d'un puits d'eau, dont les serviteurs d'Abimélec s'étaient emparés.
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 ne sais qui a fait cela; toi-même tu ne m'en as point averti, et moi je n'en ai entendu parler qu'aujourd'hui.
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 du troupeau.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu'est-ce que 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 accepteras ces sept jeunes brebis de ma main, afin que ce me soit un 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-Shéba (puits du serment); car ils y jurèrent tous deux.
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 à Béer-Shéba. Puis Abimélec se leva avec Picol, chef de son armée, et ils 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 tamarin à Béer-Shéba, et il invoqua là le nom de l'Éternel, le Dieu 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 séjourna longtemps au pays des Philistins.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] many days.
