Genesis 29
1 Jacob went quickly on his way, and arrived in the land of the eastern people.
Puis Jacob se mit en chemin, et s'en alla au pays des Orientaux.
2 As he looked around he saw a well in a field with three flocks of sheep lying down beside it, waiting to be given water. A large stone covered the top of the well.
Et il regarda; et voici, il vit un puits dans les champs, et là même trois troupeaux de brebis couchés auprès; car on y abreuvait les troupeaux. Et la pierre qui couvrait l'ouverture du puits était grande.
3 The usual practice was that once all the flocks had arrived, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the well and give their sheep water. Then they would put the stone back again.
Tous les troupeaux se rassemblaient là; alors on roulait la pierre de dessus l'ouverture du puits, et on abreuvait les troupeaux; ensuite on remettait la pierre à sa place, sur l'ouverture du puits.
4 Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We're from Haran,” they replied.
Et Jacob dit aux bergers: Mes frères, d'où êtes-vous? Et ils répondirent: Nous sommes de Charan.
5 “Do you know Laban, Nahor's grandson?” he asked. “Yes, we know him,” they replied.
Et il leur dit: Connaissez-vous Laban, fils de Nachor? Et ils répondirent: Nous le connaissons.
6 “How is he?” he asked. “He's well,” they replied. “Look! In fact here's his daughter Rachel coming with the sheep right now.”
Il leur dit: Se porte-t-il bien? Ils lui répondirent: Il se porte bien; et voici Rachel, sa fille, qui vient avec le troupeau.
7 “Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet. Why not let them drink so they can go back to grazing?”
Et il dit: Voici, il est encore grand jour; il n'est pas temps de rassembler le bétail; abreuvez les brebis, et allez les paître.
8 “We can't do that until all the flocks have arrived,” they told him. “Then we roll away the stone from the well and let the sheep drink.”
Ils répondirent: Nous ne pouvons pas, jusqu'à ce que tous les troupeaux soient rassemblés; alors on roule la pierre de dessus l'ouverture du puits, et nous abreuvons les troupeaux.
9 While he was still talking with them Rachel arrived with the flock she was looking after for her father.
Comme il parlait encore avec eux, Rachel arriva avec le troupeau de son père; car elle était bergère.
10 When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, he went over and rolled away the stone from the well so Laban's sheep could drink.
Et dès que Jacob vit Rachel, fille de Laban, frère de sa mère, et le troupeau de Laban, frère de sa mère, il s'approcha, roula la pierre de dessus l'ouverture du puits, et abreuva le troupeau de Laban, frère de sa mère.
11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept for joy.
Et Jacob baisa Rachel; et, élevant la voix, il pleura.
12 (He had told her that he was the son of Laban's brother and Rebekah.) She ran and told her father what had happened.
Et Jacob apprit à Rachel qu'il était parent de son père, et qu'il était fils de Rébecca; et elle courut le rapporter à son père.
13 As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob he ran out to meet him. He hugged him and kissed him, and took him home. After Jacob had explained everything to Laban,
Et aussitôt que Laban entendit parler de Jacob, fils de sa sœur, il courut au-devant de lui, l'embrassa, et le baisa, et le fit venir dans sa maison; et il raconta à Laban toutes ces choses.
14 Laban told him, “No question about it—you're my own flesh and blood!” Jacob stayed with Laban for a month.
Et Laban lui dit: Certainement, tu es mon os et ma chair; et il demeura avec lui un mois de temps.
15 One day Laban said to him, “You're my relative so you shouldn't be working for me for nothing! Tell me, what should I pay you?”
Puis Laban dit à Jacob: Parce que tu es mon frère, me serviras-tu pour rien? Dis-moi quel sera ton salaire.
16 Laban had two daughters. The older one was Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
Or, Laban avait deux filles, dont l'aînée s'appelait Léa, et la plus jeune Rachel.
17 Leah had kind eyes, but Rachel had a shapely figure and beautiful looks.
Mais Léa avait les yeux délicats, et Rachel était belle de taille, et belle de visage.
18 Jacob was in love with Rachel so he promised Laban, “I'll do seven years work for you for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
Et Jacob aimait Rachel; et il dit: Je te servirai sept ans pour Rachel, ta plus jeune fille.
19 “Well it's better for me to give her to you than anyone else,” Laban replied. “So stay here and work for me.”
Et Laban répondit: Il vaut mieux que je te la donne que si je la donnais à un autre; demeure avec moi.
20 Jacob worked for Laban for seven years, but to him they seemed like just a few days because he really loved her.
Jacob servit donc sept ans pour Rachel; et ils ne lui semblèrent que quelques jours, parce qu'il l'aimait.
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “I've completed the time we agreed. Now give me your daughter to be my wife.”
Et Jacob dit à Laban: Donne-moi ma femme; car mon temps est accompli, et je viendrai vers elle.
22 So Laban organized a wedding banquet and invited everyone around to come.
Alors Laban rassembla tous les gens du lieu, et fit un festin.
23 But once it was dark Laban brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Et le soir il prit Léa, sa fille, et l'amena à Jacob, qui vint vers elle.
24 (Laban also arranged for his servant Zilpah to be Leah's personal maid.)
Et Laban donna sa servante Zilpa pour servante à Léa, sa fille.
25 When morning came, he saw it was Leah! He went to Laban and asked angrily, “What have you done to me? It was for Rachel that I worked for you! Why have you deceived me?”
Et le matin, voici, c'était Léa; et Jacob dit à Laban: Qu'est-ce que tu m'as fait? N'est-ce pas pour Rachel que j'ai servi chez toi? Et pourquoi m'as-tu trompé?
26 “Here we don't give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn,” Laban replied.
Laban répondit: On ne fait pas ainsi dans ce lieu, de donner la plus jeune avant l'aînée.
27 “Finish this week of wedding celebrations and then I'll give you the other daughter as well, as long as you work another seven years for me.”
Achève la semaine de celle-ci, et nous te donnerons aussi l'autre, pour le service que tu feras encore chez moi sept autres années.
28 Jacob agreed. He finished the week of wedding celebrations for Leah, and then Laban gave Jacob his daughter Rachel as his wife as well.
Et Jacob fit ainsi, il acheva la semaine de celle-ci; puis Laban lui donna pour femme Rachel, sa fille.
29 (Laban also arranged for his servant Bilhah to be Rachel's personal maid.)
Et Laban donna sa servante Bilha pour servante à Rachel, sa fille.
30 So Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years for Rachel.
Il vint donc aussi vers Rachel, et il aima Rachel plus que Léa, et il servit chez Laban encore sept autres années.
31 The Lord saw that Leah wasn't loved he helped Leah to have children, but not Rachel.
Et l'Éternel, voyant que Léa était haïe, la rendit féconde; mais Rachel était stérile.
32 Leah became pregnant, and had a son she named Reuben, for she said, “The Lord saw how much I was suffering and now my husband will love me!”
Et Léa conçut et enfanta un fils, qu'elle appela Ruben (voyez un fils! ). Car elle dit: L'Éternel a regardé mon affliction; maintenant mon mari m'aimera.
33 Then Leah became pregnant again, and had another son. She said, “The Lord has heard that I'm not loved so he gave me this son.” So she named him Simeon.
Elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et dit: L'Éternel a entendu que j'étais haïe, et il m'a encore donné celui-ci; et elle l'appela Siméon (exaucement).
34 Leah became pregnant for the third time, and had another son. She said, “Finally my husband will be attached to me because now I've given him three sons.” That's why he was named Levi.
Elle conçut encore, et enfanta un fils, et dit: Pour cette fois, mon mari s'attachera à moi; car je lui ai enfanté trois fils; c'est pourquoi on l'appela Lévi (attachement).
35 Once again Leah became pregnant and had another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I can really praise the Lord!” After that she had no more children.
Elle conçut encore et enfanta un fils, et dit: Cette fois je louerai l'Éternel; c'est pourquoi elle l'appela Juda (louange). Et elle cessa d'avoir des enfants.
