Genèse 25
1 Et Abraham prit une seconde femme, et son nom était Ketura.
[Some time after Sarah died], Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.
2 Et elle lui enfanta Zimran et Jocsan et Medan et Midian et Jisbac et Suah.
She later gave birth to six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 Et Jocsan engendra Séba et Dedan; et les fils de Dedan furent les Assurim et les Letusim et les Leummim.
Jokshan became the father of two sons, Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshur people-group, the Letush people-group, and the Leum people-group.
4 Et les fils de Midian: Epha et Epher et Henoch et Abida et Eldaah: tout autant de fils de Ketura.
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. They were all descendants of Keturah.
5 Et Abraham donna tout ce qu'il avait à Isaac;
Abraham declared that after he died, Isaac would inherit everything he owned.
6 quant aux fils des concubines qu'eut Abraham, il leur donna leur dot, et encore de son vivant il les envoya à distance d'Isaac, son fils, vers l'orient, au pays d'Orient.
But while Abraham was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his (concubines/slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives), and then he sent them away to live in a land to the east, to keep them far from his son Isaac.
7 Et voici les jours des années de vie que vécut Abraham: cent soixante-quinze ans.
Abraham lived until he was 175 years old.
8 Et Abraham expira et il mourut dans une belle vieillesse, âgé et rassasié de jours, et il fut recueilli auprès de son peuple.
He died at a very old age, joining his ancestors who had died previously [DOU].
9 Et Isaac et Ismaël, ses fils, lui donnèrent la sépulture dans la grotte de Macpéla, dans le champ de Ephron, fils de Tsohar, le Héthien, qui est à l'orient de Mamré,
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried his body in the cave at Machpelah area, near Mamre, in the field that Abraham had previously bought from Ephron, one of the descendants of Heth.
10 champ qu'Abraham avait acquis des fils de Heth; c'est là qu'Abraham reçut la sépulture, ainsi que Sarah sa femme.
Isaac and Ishmael buried his body there, where Abraham previously buried his wife Sarah.
11 Et après la mort d'Abraham Dieu bénit Isaac, son fils, et Isaac demeura près de la fontaine du Vivant-qui-voit.
After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac moved to live near Beer-Lahai-Roi.
12 Et c'est ici l'histoire d'Ismaël, fils d'Abraham, qu'enfanta Agar, l'Egyptienne, servante de Sarah, à Abraham.
(These are/I will now give a list of) the descendants of Abraham’s son, Ishmael, to whom Sarah’s female slave, Hagar from Egypt, had given birth.
13 Et ce sont ici les noms des fils d'Ismaël, nominativement, selon leurs familles: le premier né d'Ismaël Nebaioth, et Cedar et Adbeel et Mibsam
These are their names, in the order in which they were born: Ishmael’s oldest son was named Nebaioth. After him were born Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 et Misma, et Duma et Massa,
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadar et Theima, Jetur-Naphis et Kedma.
Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 Tels sont les fils d'Ismaël et ce sont là leurs noms selon leurs parcs et leurs campements, douze princes de leurs tribus.
The twelve sons of Ishmael became the leaders/chiefs of people-groups that had those names. They each had their own settlement and campsite.
17 Et ce sont ici les années de vie d'Ismaël: cent trente-sept ans; et il expira et mourut et fut recueilli auprès de son peuple.
Ishmael lived until he was 137 years old. Then he died, [EUP] joining his ancestors who had previously died.
18 Et ils habitèrent de Havila à Sur qui est à l'orient de l'Egypte du côté d'Assur; c'est à l'orient de tous ses frères qu'il s'établit.
His descendants (settled/went to live) in the area between Shur and Havilah, near the border of Egypt as a person travels toward Asshur. All of their camps were close to each other (OR, they all frequently attacked each other).
19 Et c'est ici l'histoire d'Isaac, fils d'Abraham.
(This is an account of/I will now tell you about) Abraham’s son, Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
20 Abraham engendra Isaac. Et Isaac avait quarante ans lorsqu'il prit pour femme Rebecca, fille de Béthuel, l'Araméen, de Mésopotamie, sœur de Laban, l'Araméen.
and when Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was one of the descendants of Aram from Paddan-Aram. Rebekah was the sister of Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
21 Et Isaac éleva sa prière à l'Éternel au regard de sa femme, car elle était stérile. Et l'Éternel se laissa fléchir par lui, et Rebecca, sa femme, devint enceinte.
Almost 20 years after they were married, Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac prayed to Yahweh concerning his wife, and Yahweh answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22 Et les enfants s'entrechoquaient dans son sein. Alors elle dit: Si c'est ainsi, pourquoi existé-je? Et elle alla consulter l'Éternel.
She was carrying twins in her womb, and they kept jostling each other. So she said, “Why is it [that this is happening to me]?” So she asked Yahweh about it.
23 Et l'Éternel lui dit: Deux nations sont dans tes flancs, Et deux peuples se dédoubleront au sortir de ton sein, Et l'un sera plus fort que l'autre, Et le grand sera sujet du petit.
Yahweh said to her, “The older one of your twins will serve the younger one. The twins will be ancestors of two nations. And those two people-groups will separate from each other.” [CHI]
24 Et le moment de sa délivrance étant arrivé, voici, deux jumeaux étaient dans son sein;
When Rebekah gave birth, it was true! Twin boys were born!
25 et le premier vint, tout fauve comme un manteau de fourrure, et on lui donna le nom d'Esaü (velu).
The first one born was red, and his body had hair all over it, like a garment made of hair. So they named him Esau, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘hairy'].
26 Et ensuite son frère sortit et sa main tenait le talon de son frère, et on lui donna le nom de Jacob (supplanteur). Or Isaac avait soixante ans lorsqu'ils naquirent.
Then his brother was born, grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘heel’]. Isaac was 60 years old when the twins were born.
27 Et les enfants devinrent grands, et Esaü devint habile à la chasse, et fut un homme des champs; mais Jacob fut un homme rangé qui se tenait dans les tentes.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.
28 Et Isaac aimait Esaü, parce que Isaac était friand de venaison, tandis que Rebecca aimait Jacob.
Isaac liked Esau more, because he enjoyed the taste of the meat of the animals that Esau killed. But Rebekah liked Jacob more.
29 Et [un jour] Jacob faisait cuire un potage, et Esaü revenait des champs, et il était rendu.
One day while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home from the field, very hungry.
30 Et Esaü dit à Jacob: Régale-moi donc de roux, de ce roux-là, car je suis rendu. C'est pour cela qu'il reçut le nom de Edom (le roux).
He said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stew to eat right now, because I am very hungry!” [That is why Esau’s other name was Edom, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘red]’.]
31 Et Jacob dit: Vends-moi d'abord ton droit d'aînesse!
Jacob said, “I will give you some if you sell me (your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son).”
32 Et Esaü dit: Voici, je vais à la mort, à quoi me sert mon droit d'aînesse?
Esau replied, “Well, I am about to die [from being so hungry]. [If I die now], (my birthright will not benefit me./What good will my birthright be to me?)” [RHQ]
33 Et Jacob dit: Fais-moi d'abord serment. Et il lui fit serment et vendit son droit d'aînesse à Jacob.
Jacob said, “(Swear to/Solemnly promise) me that you are giving me the privileges that you will have from being the firstborn son!” So that is what Esau did. He sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 Et Jacob donna à Esaü du pain et un potage de lentilles; et celui-ci mangea et but, et se leva et partit. C'est ainsi qu'Esaü méprisa son droit d'aînesse.
Then Jacob gave to Esau some bread and some stew made of lentils/beans. Esau ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing that, Esau showed that he (was not interested in/did not value) the privileges that would be his because of being the firstborn son.
