Genèse 27
1 Et Isaac devenu vieux et ayant les yeux faibles à ne plus voir, appela son fils aîné et lui dit: Mon fils! Et il lui répondit: Me voici!
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Et Isaac dit: Me voici donc vieux, et j'ignore le jour de ma mort.
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Prends donc à présent ton attirail de chasse, ton carquois et ton arc, et va dans les champs à la chasse d'un gibier pour moi;
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 et fais-m'en un mets appétissant comme j'aime, et apporte-le-moi, afin que j'en mange pour que mon âme te bénisse avant ma mort.
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 Or Rebecca avait écouté l'entretien d'Isaac avec Esaü, son fils. Et Esaü s'en alla dans les champs pour chasser un gibier et le rapporter.
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 Mais Rebecca parla à Jacob, son fils, en ces termes: J'ai ouï ton père parler à Esaü, ton frère, et lui dire:
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 Apporte-moi un gibier et fais-m'en un mets appétissant, et j'en mangerai, et je te bénirai devant l'Éternel avant de mourir.
‘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 Dès lors, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix pour ce que je vais te prescrire.
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 Va-t'en au bercail, et m'y choisis deux bons chevreaux, et j'en ferai un mets appétissant pour ton père comme il aime.
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 tu le serviras à ton père, pour qu'il en mange, pour qu'il te bénisse avant de mourir.
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 Et Jacob dit à Rebecca, sa mère: Voici, Esaü, mon frère, est velu, et j'ai le corps lisse:
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 peut-être mon père voudra-t-il me palper, et alors j'aurais à ses yeux l'air de le jouer et j'attirerais sur moi une malédiction et non 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 Et sa mère lui dit: Je me charge de la malédiction que tu recevrais, mon fils! Sois seulement docile à ma voix, et va me les chercher?…
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 Alors il alla les chercher, et il les apporta à sa mère qui en fit un mets appétissant, comme aimait son père.
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 Et Rebecca prit les habits d'Esaü, son fils aîné, ses habits de prix qu'elle avait chez elle dans la maison, et elle en revêtit Jacob, son fils cadet,
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 avec les peaux des chevreaux elle recouvrit ses mains, et la partie lisse de son col.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Et elle mit dans la main de Jacob, son fils, le mets appétissant et le pain qu'elle avait préparés.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Alors il entra chez son père et dit: Mon père! Et il répondit: Me voici! 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 dit à son père: Je suis Esaü, ton premier-né, j'ai fait ce que tu m'as dit. Lève-toi donc, mets-toi sur ton séant et mange de mon gibier afin que ton 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 Isaac dit à son fils: Comme tu as promptement trouvé, mon fils! Et celui-ci dit: L'Éternel, ton Dieu, l'a fait venir 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 Et Isaac dit à Jacob: Approche donc, mon fils, pour que je sente au toucher si c'est toi qui 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 Et Jacob s'approcha d'Isaac, qui le palpa, puis dit: La voix est la voix de Jacob, et 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 pas, parce que ses mains étaient, comme les mains d'Esaü, velues; et il le bénit.
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 Et il dit: C'est toi présent qui es mon fils Esaü? Et Jacob répondit: Je le suis.
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Et [Isaac] dit: Sers-moi et je mangerai de ton gibier, mon fils, afin que mon âme te bénisse. Et Jacob le servit, et il mangea; et il lui présenta du vin se et il but.
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 Et Isaac, son père, lui dit: Approche donc, et embrasse-moi, mon fils!
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Et il s'approcha et l'embrassa. Alors il sentit l'odeur de ses habits et il le bénit et dit: Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est le parfum d'un champ que l'Éternel a béni.
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 des cieux et les lieux les plus gras de la terre, et abondance de blé et de moût!
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 Que des peuples te soient asservis et que des nations te rendent leur hommage! Aie la suprématie sur tes frères et que les fils de ta mère s'inclinent devant toi. Maudits soient ceux qui te maudiront, et bénis soient ceux qui te béniront!
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 Et lorsque Isaac eut terminé la bénédiction de Jacob, et comme Jacob ne faisait que sortir de la présence d'Isaac, son père, Esaü, son frère, arriva de la chasse.
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 il apprêta aussi un mets appétissant, et il le servit à son père et lui dit: Que mon père se lève et mange du gibier de son fils, afin que ton 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, son père, lui dit: Qui es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis ton fils premier-né, Esaü.
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Alors la consternation d'Isaac fut grande, il fut profondément consterné et dit: Qui était-ce donc qui a chassé du gibier et me l'a apporté? et j'ai mangé de tout avant que tu vinsses, et je l'ai béni, et béni il sera.
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 A l'ouïe des paroles de son père, Esaü se récria grandement et avec amertume et il dit à son père: Bénis-moi, 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 Et il dit: Ton frère est venu par surprise et a enlevé la bénédiction qui était à toi.
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Et il dit: Ne l'a-t-on pas appelé du nom de Jacob (supplanteur)? Et voici deux fois qu'il me supplante: il m'a enlevé mon droit d'aînesse, et voilà que maintenant il m'enlève ma bénédiction! Et il dit: Ne m'as-tu point réservé de 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 Et Isaac répondit et dit à Esaü: Voici, je lui ai donné la suprématie sur toi et j'ai constitué tous ses frères ses serviteurs, et je l'ai pourvu de blé et de moût: que pourrais-je donc faire pour toi, mon fils?
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 Et Esaü dit à son père: Est-ce là ton unique bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi, moi aussi, mon père! Et Esaü éleva sa voix et pleura.
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Alors Isaac, son père, répondit et lui dit: Vois! des fertiles terrains seront ton séjour, et d'en haut tu auras de la rosée des cieux!
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 Et tu vivras de ton épée, et à ton frère tu seras asservi; mais il arrivera que, mobile comme tu l'es, brisant son joug tu le secoueras de ton col.
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 Et Esaü devint hostile à Jacob ensuite de la bénédiction dont son père l'avait béni. Et Esaü dit en son cœur: Les jours du deuil de mon père approchent, alors 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 Et l'on rapporta à Rebecca les propos d'Esaü, son fils aîné; et elle envoya chercher Jacob, son fils cadet, et lui dit: Voici, Esaü, ton frère, va tirer vengeance de toi en te tuant.
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 Dès lors, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix: lève-toi et t'enfuis chez Laban, mon frère, à Charan,
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 et reste auprès de lui quelque temps
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 jusqu'à ce que l'animosité de ton frère se calme, que la colère de ton frère cesse à ton égard et qu'il oublie ce que tu lui as fait: alors je te ferai rechercher. Pourquoi vous perdrais-je les deux en un 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 Et Rebecca dit à Isaac: Je suis dégoûtée de la vie à cause des filles de Heth; si Jacob prend parmi les filles de Heth, parmi les filles du pays, une femme pareille à celles-là, que sera pour moi la vie?
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!”
