Genèse 12
1 Mais le Seigneur dit à Abram: Sors de ton pays et de ta parenté et de la maison de ton père, et viens dans la terre que je te montrerai
Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
2 Et je te ferai père d’une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom célèbre, et tu seras béni.
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et maudirai ceux qui te maudiront: et en toi seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre.
I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 Abram donc sortit, comme lui avait ordonné le Seigneur, et Lot alla avec lui; or Abram avait soixante-quinze ans, lorsqu’il sortit de Haran.
And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Ainsi, il prit Saraï sa femme et Lot fils de son frère, tout le bien qu’ils possédaient, et les âmes qu’ils avaient acquises à Haran; et ils sortirent pour aller dans la terre de Chanaan. Lorsqu’ils y furent arrivés,
And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,
6 Abram traversa le pays jusqu’au lieu de Sichem, jusqu’à la vallée illustre. Les Chananéens étaient alors dans ce pays.
Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was in the land.
7 Or le Seigneur apparut à Abram et lui dit: C’est à ta postérité que je donnerai ce pays. Et Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur qui lui était apparu.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 Et de là passant jusqu’à la montagne qui était à l’orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Haï à l’orient; il bâtit là aussi un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua son nom.
And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.
9 Puis Abram s’en alla cheminant et s’avançant vers le midi.
And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.
10 Mais il survint une famine en ce pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y habiter, car la famine régnait dans le pays.
But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
11 Lorsqu’il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Je sais que tu es une belle femme;
And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
12 Et que quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront.
And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.
13 Dis donc, je te conjure, que tu es ma sœur, afin que bien m’arrive à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi.
Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”
14 Lors donc qu’Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que cette femme était extrêmement belle.
And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 Et les princes en informèrent Pharaon, et la vantèrent devant lui; et elle fut enlevée pour la maison de Pharaon.
And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
16 Pour Abram, ils en usèrent bien à son égard, à cause d’elle; il reçut même des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux.
In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Mais le Seigneur frappa Pharaon de très grandes plaies et sa maison, à cause de Saraï femme d’Abram.
But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
18 Alors Pharaon appela Abram et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? que ne m’as-tu averti que c’était ta femme?
And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?
19 Pour quel motif as-tu dit que c’était ta sœur, afin que je la prisse pour ma femme? Maintenant donc voilà ta femme; prends-la et pars.
For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”
20 Et Pharaon donna des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram; et ils le reconduisirent, lui, et sa femme et tout ce qu’il avait.
And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.
