Genesis 30
1 Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I [think I will]!”
Cependant, Rachel, voyant qu'elle n'enfantait point pour Jacob, fut jalouse de sa sœur, et elle dit à Jacob: Donne-moi des enfants, sinon je mourrai.
2 Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “(I am not God!/Am I God?) [RHQ] He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!”
Jacob, irrité contre Rachel, lui dit: Suis-je l'égal de Dieu, qui t'a privé de fruits de tes entrailles?
3 Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. (Sleep with/Have sex with) [EUP] her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though (I have children/her children are mine).”
Et Rachel dit à Jacob: Voici ma servante Balla approche-toi d'elle, elle enfantera sur mes genoux, et par elle, moi aussi, j'aurai des enfants.
4 So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex [EUP] with her.
Elle lui donna donc pour femme Balla, sa servante, et Jacob s'approcha d'elle.
5 She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son.
Et Balla, la servante de Rachel, conçut, et elle enfanta à Jacob un fils.
6 Rachel said, “God has (vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right). He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’].
Le Seigneur m'a jugée, dit alors Rachel, il a entendu ma voix, et il m'a donné un fils; c'est pourquoi elle donna à l'enfant le nom de Dan.
7 Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Balla, la servante de Rachel, conçut encore, et elle enfanta à Jacob un second fils.
8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’].
Et Rachel dit: Le Seigneur m'a secourue; j'ai lutté contre ma sœur et j'ai prévalu; en conséquence elle donna à l'enfant le nom de Nephthali.
9 When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him.
Lia, voyant qu'elle avait cessé d'enfanter, prit Zelpha, sa servante, et la donna pour femme à Jacob, qui s'approcha d'elle.
10 Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob.
Et Zelpha, la servante de Lia, conçut; elle enfanta à Jacob un fils.
11 Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, [which means ‘fortunate’].
Et Lia dit: À la bonne heure; et elle le nomma Gad.
12 Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob.
Zolpha, la servante de Lia, conçut encore, et elle enfanta à Jacob un second fils.
13 Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, [which means ‘happy].’
Et Lia dit: Heureuse je suis, car les femmes m'estiment heureuse; et elle le nomma Aser.
14 When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some (mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant). He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!”
Or, un jour Ruben sortit pendant la moisson du froment, et il trouva dans le champ des fruits de mandragores, et il les apporta à Lia sa mère, et Rachel dit à sa sœur Lia: Donne-moi des mandragores de ton fils.
15 But Leah said to her, “No! (It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?) [RHQ] Now (are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, [so that you can become pregnant]!)” [RHQ] So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” [So Leah (agreed/gave her some)].
Et Lia lui dit: N'est-ce pas assez pour toi de n'avoir pris mon époux; me prendras-tu encore les mandragores de mon fils? Ce n'est pas ce que j'entends, dit Rachel; que Jacob dorme cette nuit avec toi pour prix des mandragores de ton fils.
16 When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes [that enable women to become pregnant], to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
Lors donc que Jacob revint du champ le soir, Lia sortit à sa rencontre, et lui dit: Tu t'approcheras aujourd'hui de moi, car je t'ai obtenu, pour les mandragores de ton fils; et il dormit cette nuit avec elle.
17 God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Dieu exauça Lia; elle conçut, et elle enfanta à Jacob un cinquième fils,
18 Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’].
Et elle dit: Le Seigneur m'a récompensée d'avoir donné ma servante à mon époux; elle nomma donc l'enfant Issachar c'est-à-dire récompense.
19 Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob.
Lia conçut encore, et elle enfanta à Jacob un sixième fils.
20 Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. (This time/Now) my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’].
Alors elle dit: Le Seigneur vient de me faire un don précieux: mon époux m'aimera, parce que je lui ai donné un sixième fils; et elle nomma celui-ci Zabulon.
21 Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah.
Après cela, elle enfanta une fille qu'elle appela Dina.
22 Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant.
Cependant, Dieu se souvint de Rachel; il l'exauça, et lui ouvrit les entrailles.
23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed [for not having children].”
Elle conçut donc, et enfanta à Jacob un fils; et Rachel dit: Dieu a effacé mon opprobre.
24 She named him Joseph, [which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’] and she said, ‘want Yahweh to give me another son.’
Elle nomma l'enfant Joseph, et elle dit: Que Dieu m'accorde encore un fils.
25 After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land.
Or, il arriva qu'après que Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, Jacob dit à Laban: Congédie-moi, que je retourne en mon lieu natal, en mon pays.
26 You know the work that I have done for you [for a long time to get my wives]. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.”
Rends-moi mes femmes et mes enfants pour lesquels je t'ai servi; qu'enfin je parte, car tu sais la servitude à laquelle je me suis assujetti pour toi.
27 But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me.
Laban lui dit: Si j'ai trouvé grâce devant toi, puisque j'ai expérimenté que Dieu m'a béni depuis ton arrivée,
28 Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.”
Fixe-moi ta récompense, et tu l'auras.
29 Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them.
Tu sais, répondit Jacob, combien je l'ai servi, et ce qu'est devenu ton bétail avec moi.
30 You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.”
Car avant moi tu en avais peu, et il s'est multiplié grandement; le Seigneur Dieu t'a béni sous mes pas. Maintenant donc, quand me ferai-je aussi une maison?
31 Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them.
Et Laban lui dit: Que te donnerai-je? Jacob répondit: Tu ne me donneras rien, si tu consens à ce que je vais te dire, je paîtrai encore tes troupeaux et je les garderai.
32 Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, [and keep them for myself]. They will be my wages.
Fais-les tous passer aujourd'hui devant nous; puis sépare désormais, parmi les agneaux, tout rejeton brun, et parmi les chèvres, tout rejeton mêlé de blanc ou tacheté; ce sera ma récompense.
33 In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”
Dès demain ma justice me servira, puisque telle est avec toi ma récompense. Que tout ce qui chez moi ne sera pas tacheté ou mêlé de blanc parmi les chèvres, ni brun parmi les agneaux, me soit imputé à larcin.
34 Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.”
Et Laban lui dit: Qu'il soit fait selon ta parole.
35 But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them.
Dès ce jour-là, il sépara de ses troupeaux les boucs tachetés et mêlés de blanc, les chèvres tachetées et mêlées de blanc, les agneaux bruns mis à part des blancs, et il les confia à ses fils.
36 Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Et il mit trois journées de marche entre ses fils et Jacob. Or, Jacob paissait le reste des troupeaux de Laban.
37 Then Jacob cut some branches of (poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood). He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color.
Et Jacob prit une baguette verte de styrax, une autre de noyer et une de platane, et les ayant dépouillées jusqu'à l'écorce blanche, il laissa tout autour une bande d'écorce verte, en sorte que le blanc, mis à découvert, les fit paraître toutes bigarrées.
38 Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink.
Il mit les baguettes écorcées dans les cannaux des abreuvoirs, afin que quand les troupeaux viendraient boire de l'eau, les femelles conçussent devant elles;
39 The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them.
Et les femelles conçurent devant les baguettes, et elles mirent bas des petits mêlés de blanc, ou bigarrés, ou cendrés-tachetés.
40 Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks.
Et Jacob sépara les agneaux: il plaça en avant des troupeaux tout mâle mêlé de blanc, tout agneau bigarré, et il prit pour lui les rejetons qui devaient lui revenir, sans les mêler avec les troupeaux de Laban.
41 In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches.
Lorsque venait le temps où concevaient les mères, Jacob plaçait les baguettes devant les troupeaux dans les abreuvoirs, pour que les femelles conçussent en face des baguettes.
42 But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock.
Et quand les femelles avaient enfanté, il n'en plaçait plus. Il advint donc que les rejetons sans marque appartinrent à Laban; ceux qui étaient marqués appartinrent à Jacob.
43 As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys.
Et l'homme s'enrichit beaucoup, beaucoup; il eut quantité de bétail, et des bœufs, et des serviteurs et des servantes, et des chameaux et des ânes.
