Genèse 12
1 Le Seigneur dit alors à Abram: Sors de ta terre, de ta famille, et de la maison de ton père, pour te rendre en la terre que je te montrerai.
The Lord told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, your family home, and travel to the country I'm going to show you.
2 Je ferai sortir de toi un grand peuple; je te bénirai, je glorifierai ton nom, et il sera béni.
I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.
3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront; ceux qui je maudiront, je les maudirai, et en toi seront bénies toutes les tribus de la terre.
I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you. Everyone on earth will be blessed through you.”
4 Et Abram s'en alla, comme avait dit le Seigneur, et Lot partit avec lui. Or, Abram avait soixante-quinze ans lorsqu'il sortit de Haran.
So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.
5 Abram prit donc Sara, sa femme, Lot, fils de son frère, tout ce qui leur appartenait, tout ce qu'ils avaient acquis, toutes les âmes qu'ils avaient acquises dans Haran; et ils partirent pour passer en la terre de Chanaan.
With him went his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, together with all the possessions they had collected and the people that had joined them in Harran. They left for the land of Canaan. When they arrived there,
6 Abram traversa cette terre dans toute sa longueur jusqu'au territoire de Sichem, vers le grand chêne. Or, les Chananéens habitaient alors cette terre.
Abram traveled on through the country as far as a place called Shechem, stopping at the oak tree of Moreh. At that time the country was occupied by Canaanites.
7 Et le Seigneur apparut à Abram, et il lui dit: À ta face je donnerai cette terre; c'est pourquoi Abram bâtit là un autel au Seigneur qui lui était apparu.
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.
8 Et il alla de ce lieu vers la montagne, à l'orient de Béthel, il y dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l'occident, et Angaï à l'orient; puis il éleva là un autel au Seigneur, et il invoqua le nom du Seigneur.
Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
9 Ensuite Abram partit, et, ayant marché, il campa dans le désert.
After that he went on his way, heading towards the Negev.
10 Il y eut alors une famine en la contrée, et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, parce que la famine avait prévalu dans le pays.
But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.
11 Or, il arriva qu'Abram, près d'entrer en Égypte, dit à Sara, sa femme: Je sais que tu es une femme très belle;
As he approached Egypt and was about to cross the border, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
12 Il adviendra donc, quand les Égyptiens t'auront vue, qu'ils diront: C'est sa femme; alors ils me tueront, et ils s'empareront de toi.
When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!
13 Dis donc: Je suis sa sœur, afin qu'à cause de toi je sois mieux traité, et qu'en ta considération j'aie la vie sauve.
Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”
14 Et lorsque Abram fut entré en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que sa femme était très belle.
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
15 Les officiers du Pharaon la virent aussi; ils la vantèrent devant le Pharaon, et ils la conduisirent en sa demeure.
Pharaoh's officials also noticed and spoke positively about her to Pharaoh. So Sarai was taken to his palace to become one of his wives.
16 À cause d'elle, ils traitèrent bien Abram, et il eut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs, des servantes, des mulets et des chameaux.
Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her, giving him sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 Mais Dieu envoya au Pharaon et à sa famille de grandes et cruelles afflictions, à cause de Sara, femme d'Abram.
But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Et le Pharaon ayant appelé Abram, lui dit: Pourquoi as-tu fait cela, et ne m'as-tu pas dit: C'est ma femme?
So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
19 Pourquoi as-tu dit: C'est ma sœur? Alors je l'ai prise pour qu'elle fût ma femme; or, maintenant voici ta femme devant toi; reprends-la, et pars aussitôt.
Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,’ and let me take her to become one of my wives? So here's your wife! Take her and leave!”
20 Le Pharaon prescrivit à des hommes d'escorter Abram, sa femme, et tout ce qui lui appartenait.
Pharaoh ordered his guards to expel him and his wife from the country, along with everyone with them and all their possessions.
