Genèse 35
1 Et Dieu dit à Jacob: Lève-toi, monte à Béthel et y demeure et fais-y un autel au Dieu qui t'est apparu quand tu fuyais devant Esaü, ton frère.
[Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
2 Alors Jacob dit à sa maison a et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: Éloignez les dieux étrangers qui sont parmi vous, et purifiez-vous et changez vos habits,
So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
3 puis nous partirons et monterons à Béthel, et là je ferai un autel au Dieu qui m'a exaucé au jour de ma détresse et a été avec moi durant le voyage que j'ai accompli.
Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 Alors ils livrèrent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qu'ils retenaient, et les boucles qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et Jacob les enfouit sous le chêne qui se trouvait près de Sichem.
So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
5 Et ils se mirent en marche. Et la terreur de Dieu gagna toutes les villes de leurs alentours, tellement qu'on ne poursuivit point les fils de Jacob.
As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
6 Et Jacob parvint à Luz, situé dans le pays de Canaan (c'est Béthel) lui et tout le monde qui était avec lui.
Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
7 Et là il édifia un autel et donna à l'endroit le nom de [Autel] du Dieu de Béthel, parce que c'était là que Dieu s'était révélé à lui, quand il fuyait devant son frère.
There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
8 Et alors mourut Debora, nourrice de Rebecca, et elle reçut la sépulture au-dessous de Béthel sous le chêne, auquel il donna le nom de Allon-Bachuth (chêne des pleurs).
Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
9 Et Dieu apparut encore à Jacob après son retour de Mésopotamie, et le bénit.
After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
10 Et Dieu lui dit: Ton nom est Jacob; désormais ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et Il lui donna le nom d'Israël.
God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
11 Et Dieu lui dit: Je suis Dieu, le Tout-Puissant. Sois fécond et te multiplie; un peuple et une masse de peuples naîtront de toi et des rois sortiront de tes reins.
Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
12 Et le pays que j'ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, je veux te le donner et le donner à ta postérité après toi.
The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
13 Et Dieu remontant le quitta au lieu où Il avait parlé avec lui.
When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
14 Alors Jacob érigea un monument dans le lieu où Il avait parlé avec lui, un monument en pierre et y fit une libation et y versa de l'huile.
Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
15 Et Jacob donna au lieu où Dieu avait parlé avec lui le nom de Beth-El (maison de Dieu).
Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
16 Et ils partirent de Béthel. Et on avait encore à franchir une traite jusqu'à Ephrata, lorsque Rachel enfanta, et elle eut un enfantement laborieux.
Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
17 Et comme l'enfantement était laborieux, la sage-femme lui dit: Ne t'alarme pas, car c'est encore un fils qui te vient!
When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
18 Et lorsque rendant l'âme, elle se mourait, elle nomma son nom Ben-Oni (mon fils de douleur); mais son père l'appela Benjamin (fils de la droite).
But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
19 Ainsi mourut Rachel, et elle reçut la sépulture sur le chemin d'Ephrata, qui est Bethléhem.
After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
20 Et Jacob érigea un cippe sur son tombeau, c'est le cippe de Rachel qu'on voit encore aujourd'hui.
Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
21 Et Israël partit et dressa sa tente au-delà de la Tour-aux-Troupeaux.
Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
22 Et pendant qu'Israël habitait cette contrée, Ruben prit son chemin, et coucha avec Bilha, concubine de son père. El Israël l'apprit. Et les fils de Jacob étaient au nombre de douze.
While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
23 Fils de Léa: le premier-né de Jacob, Ruben, et Siméon et Lévi, et Juda et Issaschar et Zabulon.
The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
24 Fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin.
The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Fils de Bilha, servante de Rachel: Dan et Nephthali.
The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Fils de Zilpa, servante de Léa: Gad et Asser. Tels sont les fils de Jacob, qui lui naquirent en Mésopotamie.
The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
27 Et Jacob arriva chez Isaac, son père, à Mamré, Kiriath-Arba, qui est Hébron, où Abraham et Isaac avaient séjourné.
Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
28 Et les jours d'Isaac furent cent quatre-vingts ans;
Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
29 alors Isaac expira et mourut, et il fut recueilli auprès de son peuple, vieux et rassasié de jours. Et Esaü et Jacob, ses fils, lui donnèrent la sépulture.
He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
