Genesis 12
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you:
Mais le Seigneur dit à Abram: Sors de ton pays et de ta parenté et de la maison de ton père, et viens dans la terre que je te montrerai
2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Et je te ferai père d’une grande nation; je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom célèbre, et tu seras béni.
3 And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et maudirai ceux qui te maudiront: et en toi seront bénies toutes les nations de la terre.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Abram donc sortit, comme lui avait ordonné le Seigneur, et Lot alla avec lui; or Abram avait soixante-quinze ans, lorsqu’il sortit de Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Ainsi, il prit Saraï sa femme et Lot fils de son frère, tout le bien qu’ils possédaient, et les âmes qu’ils avaient acquises à Haran; et ils sortirent pour aller dans la terre de Chanaan. Lorsqu’ils y furent arrivés,
6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Abram traversa le pays jusqu’au lieu de Sichem, jusqu’à la vallée illustre. Les Chananéens étaient alors dans ce pays.
7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
Or le Seigneur apparut à Abram et lui dit: C’est à ta que je donnerai ce pays. Et Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur qui lui était apparu.
8 And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
Et de là passant jusqu’à la montagne qui était à l’orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l’occident et Haï à l’orient; il bâtit là aussi un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua son nom.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Puis Abram s’en alla cheminant et s’avançant vers le midi.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Mais il survint une famine en ce pays, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y habiter, car la famine régnait dans le pays.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look on:
Lorsqu’il était près d’entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï sa femme: Je sais que tu es une belle femme;
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Et que quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C’est sa femme; et ils me tueront, et ils te conserveront.
13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.
Dis donc, je te conjure, que tu es ma sœur, afin que bien m’arrive à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Lors donc qu’Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que cette femme était extrêmement belle.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Et les princes en informèrent Pharaon, et la vantèrent devant lui; et elle fut enlevée pour la maison de Pharaon.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Pour Abram, ils en usèrent bien à son égard, à cause d’elle; il reçut même des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
Mais le Seigneur frappa Pharaon de très grandes plaies et sa maison, à cause de Saraï femme d’Abram.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Alors Pharaon appela Abram et lui dit: Qu’est-ce que tu m’as fait? que ne m’as-tu averti que c’était ta femme?
19 Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.
Pour quel motif as-tu dit que c’était ta sœur, afin que je la prisse pour ma femme? Maintenant donc voilà ta femme; prends-la et pars.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Et Pharaon donna des ordres à ses gens au sujet d’Abram; et ils le reconduisirent, lui, et sa femme et tout ce qu’il avait.
