Genèse 35
1 Cependant Dieu dit à Jacob: Lève-toi, et monte à Béthel; demeure là, et fais un autel au Dieu qui t’apparut, quand tu fuyais Esaü ton frère.
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and stay there. Build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.”
2 Jacob donc, toute sa maison assemblée, dit: Jetez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, purifiez-vous, et changez vos vêtements.
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
3 Levez-vous et montons à Béthel, afin que nous fassions là un autel au Dieu qui m’a exaucé au jour de ma tribulation et qui a été le compagnon de mon voyage.
Then let us depart and go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me wherever I have gone.”
4 Ils lui donnèrent donc tous les dieux étrangers qu’ils avaient, et les pendants qui étaient à leurs oreilles; et lui les enfouit sous le térébinthe qui est derrière la ville de Sichem.
So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that was near Shechem.
5 Et lorsqu’ils furent partis, la terreur de Dieu saisit toutes les villes d’alentour, et on n’osa pas les poursuivre dans leur retraite.
As they traveled, God made panic to fall on the cities that were around them, so those people did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
6 Jacob donc vint à Luza, qui est dans la terre de Chanaan, et surnommée Béthel, lui et tous ses gens avec lui.
So Jacob arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
7 Il bâtit là un autel, et il appela ce lieu du nom de Maison de Dieu; car c’est là que lui apparut Dieu, lorsqu’il fuyait son frère.
He built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him, when he was fleeing from his brother.
8 Dans le même temps mourut Débora, nourrice de Rébecca, et elle fut ensevelie au pied de Béthel sous le chêne: et on donna à ce lieu le nom de Chêne de pleur.
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died. She was buried down from Bethel under the oak tree, so it was called Allon Bakuth.
9 Mais Dieu apparut de nouveau à Jacob, après qu’il fut revenu de la Mésopotamie de Syrie, et il le bénit,
When Jacob came from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
10 Disant: Tu ne seras plus appelé Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et il l’appela Israël.
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob. Your name will be Israel.” So God called his name Israel.
11 Il lui dit aussi: Je suis le Dieu tout-puissant; crois et te multiplie; des peuples et une foule de nations viendront de toi, et des rois sortiront de tes flancs;
God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
12 Et la terre que j’ai donnée à Abraham et à Isaac, je te la donnerai, à toi et à ta postérité après toi.
The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you. To your descendants after you I also give the land.”
13 Et il s’éloigna de lui.
God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 Mais lui érigea un monument de pierre au lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé, faisant des libations dessus et y répandant de l’huile;
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken to him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering over it and poured oil on it.
15 Et donnant à ce lieu le nom de Béthel.
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
16 Or, parti de là, il vint au printemps dans la terre qui conduit à Ephrata. Comme Rachel y était en travail,
They journeyed on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor. She had hard labor.
17 À cause de la difficulté de l’enfantement, elle commença à être en danger. Or la sage-femme lui dit: Ne crains point; car tu auras encore ce fils.
While she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for now you will have another son.”
18 Mais son âme étant près de sortir par l’excès de la douleur, et la mort déjà s’approchant, elle appela son fils du nom de Bénoni, c’est-à-dire, fils de ma douleur; mais son père l’appela Benjamin, c’est-à-dire, fils de la droite.
As she was dying, with her dying breath she named him Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
19 Rachel mourut donc, et elle fut ensevelie sur le chemin qui conduit à Ephrata; c’est Bethléem.
Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
20 Et Jacob érigea un monument sur son sépulcre: c’est le monument du sépulcre de Rachel, jusqu’au présent jour.
Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day.
21 Sorti de là, il planta sa tente au-delà de la Tour du troupeau.
Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond the watchtower of the flock.
22 Et pendant qu’il habitait en cette contrée, Ruben s’en alla et dormit avec Bala, seconde femme de son père; ce qui ne fut nullement ignoré de lui. Or, les fils de Jacob étaient douze:
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.
23 Les fils de Lia: Ruben, premier-né, Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issachar et Zabulon;
His sons by Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 Les fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin;
His sons by Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Les fils de Bala, servante de Rachel: Dan et Nephtali;
His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
26 Les fils de Zelpha, servante de Lia: Gad et Aser. Ce sont là les fils de Jacob qui lui naquirent en Mésopotamie de Syrie.
The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher. All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
27 Jacob vint aussi vers Isaac son père à Mambré, ville d’Arbée (c’est Hébron), en laquelle demeurèrent comme étrangers Abraham et Isaac.
Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
28 Et les jours d’Isaac complétèrent cent quatre-vingts ans.
Isaac lived for one hundred eighty years.
29 Et, consumé par l’âge, il mourut; et il fut réuni à son peuple, vieux et plein de jours; et Esaü et Jacob ses fils l’ensevelirent.
Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his ancestors, an old man full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
