Genesis 33
1 [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.
Et Jacob levant ses yeux regarda; et voici, Esaü venait, et quatre cents hommes avec lui; et [Jacob] divisa les enfants [en trois bandes, savoir] sous Léa, et sous Rachel, et sous les deux servantes.
2 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.
Et il mit à la tête les servantes avec leurs enfants; Léa et ses enfants après; et Rachel et Joseph les derniers.
3 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.
Et il passa devant eux, et se prosterna en terre par sept fois, jusqu'à ce qu'il fût proche de son frère.
4 But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.
Mais Esaü courut au-devant de lui, et l'embrassa, et se jetant sur son cou le baisa; et ils pleurèrent.
5 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.”
Puis levant ses yeux, il vit les femmes et les enfants, et dit: Qui sont ceux-là? sont-ils à toi? [Jacob] lui répondit: Ce sont les enfants que Dieu, par sa grâce, a donnés à ton serviteur.
6 Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau.
Et les servantes s'approchèrent, elles et leurs enfants, et se prosternèrent.
7 Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down.
Puis Léa aussi s'approcha avec ses enfants, et ils se prosternèrent, et ensuite Joseph et Rachel s'approchèrent, et se prosternèrent aussi.
8 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.”
Et il dit: Que veux-tu faire avec tout ce camp que j'ai rencontré? Et il répondit: C'est pour trouver grâce devant mon Seigneur.
9 But Esau replied, “My [younger] brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!”
Et Esaü dit: J'en ai abondamment, mon frère; que ce qui est à toi, soit à toi.
10 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!
Et Jacob répondit: Non, je te prie: si j'ai maintenant trouvé grâce devant toi, reçois ce présent de ma main; parce que j'ai vu ta face, comme si j'avais vu la face de Dieu, et parce que tu as été apaisé envers moi.
11 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.
Reçois, je te prie, mon présent qui t'a été amené; car Dieu m'en a donné, par sa grâce, et j'ai de tout. Il le pressa donc tant, qu'il le prit.
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.”
Et [Esaü] dit: Partons, et marchons, et je marcherai devant toi.
13 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.
Mais [Jacob] lui dit: Mon Seigneur sait que ces enfants sont jeunes, et je suis chargé de brebis et de vaches qui allaitent, et si on les presse d'un seul jour, tout le troupeau mourra.
14 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].”
Je te prie que mon Seigneur passe devant son serviteur, et je m'en irai tout doucement, au pas de ce bagage qui [est] devant moi, et au pas de ces enfants, jusqu'à ce que j'arrive chez mon Seigneur en Séhir.
15 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.”
Et Esaü dit: Je te prie que je fasse demeurer avec toi quelques-uns de ce peuple qui est avec moi; et il répondit: Pourquoi cela? [Je te prie] que je trouve grâce envers mon Seigneur.
16 So on that day Esau left to return to Seir.
Ainsi Esaü s'en retourna ce jour-là par son chemin en Séhir.
17 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’].
Et Jacob s'en alla à Succoth, et bâtit une maison pour soi, et fit des cabanes pour son bétail; c'est pourquoi il nomma le lieu, Succoth.
18 [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.
Et Jacob arriva sain et sauf à la ville de Sichem, au pays de Canaan, venant de Paddan-Aram, et se campa devant la ville.
19 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.
Et il acheta une portion du champ dans lequel il avait dressé sa tente, de la main des enfants d'Hémor, père de Sichem, pour cent pièces d'argent.
20 He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, [which means ‘God, the God of Israel].’
Et il dressa là un autel, qu'il appela, le [Dieu] Fort, le Dieu d'Israël.
