Genesis 35
1 [Some time later] God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.”
Et Dieu dit à Jacob: Lève-toi, monte à Béthel et y demeure et fais-y un autel au Dieu qui t'est apparu quand tu fuyais devant Esaü, ton frère.
2 So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Alors Jacob dit à sa maison a et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: Éloignez les dieux étrangers qui sont parmi vous, et purifiez-vous et changez vos habits,
3 Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.”
puis nous partirons et monterons à Béthel, et là je ferai un autel au Dieu qui m'a exaucé au jour de ma détresse et a été avec moi durant le voyage que j'ai accompli.
4 So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem [town].
Alors ils livrèrent à Jacob tous les dieux étrangers qu'ils retenaient, et les boucles qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et Jacob les enfouit sous le chêne qui se trouvait près de Sichem.
5 As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family [PRS], so that they did not pursue and attack them.
Et ils se mirent en marche. Et la terreur de Dieu gagna toutes les villes de leurs alentours, tellement qu'on ne poursuivit point les fils de Jacob.
6 Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region.
Et Jacob parvint à Luz, situé dans le pays de Canaan (c'est Béthel) lui et tout le monde qui était avec lui.
7 There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, [which means ‘God of Bethel]’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau.
Et là il édifia un autel et donna à l'endroit le nom de [Autel] du Dieu de Béthel, parce que c'était là que Dieu s'était révélé à lui, quand il fuyait devant son frère.
8 Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, [which means ‘oak of weeping’].
Et alors mourut Debora, nourrice de Rebecca, et elle reçut la sépulture au-dessous de Béthel sous le chêne, auquel il donna le nom de Allon-Bachuth (chêne des pleurs).
9 After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him.
Et Dieu apparut encore à Jacob après son retour de Mésopotamie, et le bénit.
10 God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’.
Et Dieu lui dit: Ton nom est Jacob; désormais ton nom ne sera plus Jacob, mais Israël sera ton nom. Et Il lui donna le nom d'Israël.
11 Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings.
Et Dieu lui dit: Je suis Dieu, le Tout-Puissant. Sois fécond et te multiplie; un peuple et une masse de peuples naîtront de toi et des rois sortiront de tes reins.
12 The land that I promised to give to [your grandfather] Abraham and [your father] Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.”
Et le pays que j'ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, je veux te le donner et le donner à ta postérité après toi.
13 When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him.
Et Dieu remontant le quitta au lieu où Il avait parlé avec lui.
14 Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some [olive] oil on it to dedicate it to God.
Alors Jacob érigea un monument dans le lieu où Il avait parlé avec lui, un monument en pierre et y fit une libation et y versa de l'huile.
15 Jacob named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God]’, because God had spoken to him there.
Et Jacob donna au lieu où Dieu avait parlé avec lui le nom de Beth-El (maison de Dieu).
16 Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath [town]. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains.
Et ils partirent de Béthel. Et on avait encore à franchir une traite jusqu'à Ephrata, lorsque Rachel enfanta, et elle eut un enfantement laborieux.
17 When her pain was the most severe, the (midwife/woman who helped her to give birth) said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!”
Et comme l'enfantement était laborieux, la sage-femme lui dit: Ne t'alarme pas, car c'est encore un fils qui te vient!
18 But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” [which means ‘son of my sorrow]’, but his father named him Benjamin, [which means ‘son of my right hand]’.
Et lorsque rendant l'âme, elle se mourait, elle nomma son nom Ben-Oni (mon fils de douleur); mais son père l'appela Benjamin (fils de la droite).
19 After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is [now called] Bethlehem.
Ainsi mourut Rachel, et elle reçut la sépulture sur le chemin d'Ephrata, qui est Bethléhem.
20 Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is.
Et Jacob érigea un cippe sur son tombeau, c'est le cippe de Rachel qu'on voit encore aujourd'hui.
21 Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder [town].
Et Israël partit et dressa sa tente au-delà de la Tour-aux-Troupeaux.
22 While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex [EUP] with Bilhah, one of his father’s (concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife). Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. (I will now give you/Here is) a list of Jacob’s twelve sons.
Et pendant qu'Israël habitait cette contrée, Ruben prit son chemin, et coucha avec Bilha, concubine de son père. El Israël l'apprit. Et les fils de Jacob étaient au nombre de douze.
23 The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon.
Fils de Léa: le premier-né de Jacob, Ruben, et Siméon et Lévi, et Juda et Issaschar et Zabulon.
24 The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Fils de Rachel: Joseph et Benjamin.
25 The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.
Fils de Bilha, servante de Rachel: Dan et Nephthali.
26 The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
Fils de Zilpa, servante de Léa: Gad et Asser. Tels sont les fils de Jacob, qui lui naquirent en Mésopotamie.
27 Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there.
Et Jacob arriva chez Isaac, son père, à Mamré, Kiriath-Arba, qui est Hébron, où Abraham et Isaac avaient séjourné.
28 Isaac lived until he was 180 years old.
Et les jours d'Isaac furent cent quatre-vingts ans;
29 He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body.
alors Isaac expira et mourut, et il fut recueilli auprès de son peuple, vieux et rassasié de jours. Et Esaü et Jacob, ses fils, lui donnèrent la sépulture.
