Genèse 33
1 Et Jacob leva les yeux et regarda, et voilà qu'Esaü arrivait, et avec lui quatre cents hommes. Alors il distribua les enfants à Léa et Rachel, et aux deux servantes;
[Then Jacob joined the rest of his family]. [Later that day] Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. [Jacob was worried because of that], so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.
2 et il plaça les servantes et leurs enfants en tête et Léa et ses enfants ensuite et Rachel et Joseph à l'arrière.
He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
3 Lui-même marchait devant eux, et il s'inclina sept fois contre terre jusqu'à ce qu'il fût près de son frère.
He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.
4 Alors Esaü courut à sa rencontre, et l'étreignit et se jeta à son cou et l'embrassa; et ils pleurèrent.
But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
5 Et levant les yeux il aperçut les femmes et les enfants et il dit: Qui as-tu là? Et il répondit: Les enfants dont Dieu a gratifié ton serviteur.
Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.”
6 Alors les servantes s'avancèrent avec leurs enfants et se prosternèrent.
Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
7 Et Léa s'avança aussi avec ses enfants et ils se prosternèrent; puis Joseph s'avança et Rachel, et ils se prosternèrent.
Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
8 Et il dit: Que te proposes-tu avec toute cette caravane que j'ai rencontrée? Et il répondit: De trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur.
Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.”
9 Et Esaü dit: Je suis dans l'abondance, mon frère! garde ce que tu as!
But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
10 Et Jacob dit: Mais non! si j'ai pu trouver grâce à tes yeux, tu accepteras mon présent de ma main; c'est pourquoi j'ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face de Dieu, et tu m'as fait un gracieux accueil.
But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me [that you have forgiven me]. It is like seeing the face of God!
11 Accepte donc mon présent qui t'a été offert; car Dieu m'a été propice et le tout m'appartient. Et il le pressa, et il accepta.
Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them.
12 Et Esaü dit: Partons et mettons-nous en route, et je te précéderai.
Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
13 Et Jacob dit: Mon seigneur sait que les enfants sont délicats et que j'ai des brebis et des vaches qui allaitent; et si on leur faisait hâter le pas un seul jour, tout le troupeau périrait.
Jacob [had no intention to go with Esau], but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are (sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young). If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die.
14 Que mon seigneur prenne l'avance sur son serviteur, et moi je pourrai cheminer à mon aise en suivant le pas des troupeaux qui me précéderont, et le pas des enfants jusqu'à ce que j'arrive chez mon seigneur à Seïr.
You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, [in the land where the descendants of Edom live].”
15 Et Esaü dit: Je te laisserai une escorte des gens qui sont avec moi. Et il répondit: Pourquoi donc? que je trouve seulement grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!
Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, [to protect you].” But Jacob replied, “(Why do that?/There is no need to do that!) [RHQ] The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.”
16 Et ce jour-là Esaü prit son chemin vers Séïr.
So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
17 Jacob de son côté se transporta à Succoth et il bâtit une maison pour lui, et pour ses troupeaux il fit des huttes; c'est pourquoi on appelle ce lieu du nom de Succoth (huttes).
But [instead of going to Seir], Jacob and his family went to [a place called] Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, [which means ‘shelters’].
18 Et Jacob arriva sain et sauf à la ville de Sichem située dans le pays de Canaan, lors de son retour de Mésopotamie, et il campa devant la ville.
[Some time later, ] Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram [in Mesopotamia], and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
19 Et il acheta la portion de terrain où il avait dressé sa tente, des fils de Hémor, père de Sichem, pour le prix de cent kesitas.
One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents.
20 Et là il érigea un autel qu'il nomma [Autel] de Dieu, du Dieu d'Israël.
He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
