Genèse 27
1 Or Isaac devint vieux et ses yeux s’obscurcirent, et il ne pouvait plus voir: il appela Esaü, son fils aîné, et lui dit: Mon fils. Celui-ci répondit: Me voici.
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Et son père: Tu vois, lui dit-il, que je suis devenu vieux et que j’ignore le jour de ma mort.
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, et sors dehors; et quand à la chasse tu auras pris quelque chose,
Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
4 Fais-m’en un mets comme tu sais que je les veux, et apporte-le-moi, afin que je le mange, et que mon âme te bénisse avant que je meure.
Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
5 Lorsque Rébecca eut entendu cela, et qu’Esaü fut allé dans les champs pour remplir les ordres de son père,
Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
6 Elle dit à son fils Jacob: J’ai ouï ton père parlant à Esaü ton frère, et lui disant:
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 Apporte-moi de ta chasse et fais un mets, afin que je mange, et que je te bénisse devant le Seigneur avant que je meure.
‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
8 Maintenant donc, mon fils, acquiesce à mon conseil,
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Et courant au troupeau, apporte-moi deux des meilleurs chevreaux, afin que j’en fasse à ton père un de ces mets qu’il mange avec plaisir;
Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
10 Et que, quand tu l’auras présenté, et qu’il en aura mangé, il te bénisse avant qu’il meure.
Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
11 Celui-ci lui répondit: Vous savez qu’Esaü mon frère est un homme velu, et moi, je ne le suis pas:
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
12 Si mon père me touche et me reconnaît, je crains qu’il ne pense que j’ai voulu me jouer de lui, et que je n’attire sur moi une malédiction au lieu d’une bénédiction.
What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
13 Alors sa mère: Sur moi soit, lui dit-elle, cette malédiction, ô mon fils: seulement écoute ma voix; va, et apporte ce que j’ai dit.
His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
14 Il alla, l’apporta et le donna à sa mère. Celle-ci prépara un mets, comme elle savait que son père les voulait.
So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
15 Puis elle le revêtit des plus précieux vêtements d’Esaü qu’elle avait auprès d’elle dans la maison;
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
16 Et elle lui mit la peau des chevreaux autour des mains, et lui en couvrit la partie nue du cou.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Elle lui donna ensuite le mets, et lui remit les pains qu’elle avait fait cuire.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Les ayant apportés, il dit à Isaac: Mon père. Et celui-ci répondit: J’entends. Qui es-tu, mon fils?
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
19 Et Jacob reprit: Je suis votre premier-né Esaü: j’ai fait comme vous m’avez commandé; levez-vous, asseyez-vous et mangez de ma chasse, afin que votre âme me bénisse.
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
20 Et de nouveau Isaac à son fils: Comment, dit-il, as-tu pu en trouver si tôt, mon fils? Il répondit: La volonté de Dieu a été que ce que je cherchais, est venu soudain au-devant de moi.
But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
21 Isaac dit encore: Approche d’ici, que je te touche, mon fils, et que je reconnaisse si tu es mon fils Esaü, ou non.
Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
22 Celui-ci s’approcha de son père. Or, l’ayant touché, Isaac dit: La voix est certainement la voix de Jacob; mais les mains sont les mains d’Esaü.
So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
23 Et il ne le reconnut point, parce que ses mains velues reproduisaient celles de son aîné. C’est pourquoi, le bénissant,
Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
24 Il dit: Toi, tu es mon fils Esaü? Il répondit: Je le suis.
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Alors Isaac: Apporte-moi, dit-il, le mets de ta chasse, ô mon fils, afin que mon âme te bénisse. Lorsqu’il eut mangé le mets présenté, Jacob lui présenta aussi du vin; l’ayant bu,
Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
26 Il lui dit: Approche-toi de moi, et donne-moi un baiser, mon fils.
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Il s’approcha, et il le baisa. Et dès qu’Isaac sentit la bonne odeur de ses vêtements, le bénissant, il dit: Voici que l’odeur qui s’exhale de mon fils est comme l’odeur d’un champ plein qu’a béni le Seigneur.
So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
28 Que Dieu te donne, de la rosée du ciel et de la graisse de la terre, une abondance de blé et de vin.
I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
29 Et que les peuples te servent, et que les tribus se prosternent devant toi: sois le seigneur de tes frères, et que les fils de ta mère se courbent devant toi: que celui qui te maudira, soit lui-même maudit; et que celui qui te bénira, soit rempli de bénédictions.
I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
30 À peine Isaac avait achevé ces mots, et à peine Jacob était sorti dehors, qu’Esaü arriva,
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
31 Et présenta à son père le mets qu’il avait apprêté de sa chasse, disant: Levez-vous, mon père, et mangez de la chasse de votre fils, afin que votre âme me bénisse.
Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
32 Et Isaac lui demanda: Qui es-tu donc? Il répondit: Je suis votre fils premier-né Esaü.
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Et Isaac fut frappé d’une grande stupeur; et surpris au delà de ce que l’on peut croire, il dit: Qui est donc celui qui m’a déjà apporté ce qu’il avait pris à la chasse, et que j’ai mangé, avant que tu vinsses? Je l’ai béni, et il sera béni.
Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
34 Esaü, les paroles de son père entendues, poussa un grand cri de fureur, et consterné, il dit: Bénissez-moi aussi, mon père.
When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
35 Il répondit: Ton propre frère est venu frauduleusement, et il t’a enlevé ta bénédiction.
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Mais Esaü repartit: C’est justement qu’il a été appelé du nom de Jacob; car il m’a supplanté déjà une autre fois: il m’a enlevé auparavant mon droit d’aînesse, et maintenant il m’a surpris encore ma bénédiction. Et de nouveau: N’avez-vous pas, dit-il a son père, réservé aussi pour moi une bénédiction?
Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
37 Isaac répondit: Je l’ai établi ton seigneur, j’ai soumis tous ses frères à sa domination, et je l’ai enrichi de blé et de vin; mais pour toi, mon fils, après cela, que puis-je faire?
Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
38 Alors Esaü: Est-ce, lui dit-il, une seule bénédiction que vous avez, mon père? Je vous conjure de me bénir aussi. Et comme il pleurait en jetant de grands cris,
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Isaac ému lui dit: C’est dans la graisse de la terre et dans la rosée du ciel d’en haut,
His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
40 Que sera ta bénédiction. Tu vivras sur ton glaive, mais tu serviras ton frère; et le temps viendra où tu secoueras et délieras son joug de ton cou.
You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
41 Esaü haïssait donc toujours Jacob, pour la bénédiction dont l’avait béni son père; et il dit en son cœur: Viendront les jours du deuil de mon père, et je tuerai Jacob mon frère.
So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
42 Cela fut rapporté à Rébecca, qui envoyant et appelant Jacob son fils, lui dit: Voilà qu’Esaü ton frère menace de te tuer.
But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
43 Maintenant donc, mon fils, écoute ma voix, lève-toi et fuis chez Laban mon frère, à Haran:
So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
44 Tu demeureras avec lui quelques jours, jusqu’à ce que s’apaise la fureur de ton frère,
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 Que cesse son indignation, et qu’il oublie ce que tu as fait contre lui; après cela j’enverrai, et je te ramènerai de là ici: pourquoi serais-je privée de mes deux fils en un seul jour?
When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
46 Rébecca dit encore à Isaac: Je suis lasse de ma vie, à cause des filles de Heth: si Jacob prend une femme originaire de ce pays, je ne veux plus vivre.
Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”
