Genèse 27
1 II arriva, comme Isaac était devenu vieux, que sa vue s’obscurcit. Un jour, il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné et lui dit: "Mon fils!" II répondit: "Me voici."
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 Isaac reprit "Vois, je suis devenu vieux, je ne connais point l’heure de ma mort.
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Et maintenant, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc; va aux champs et prends du gibier pour moi.
Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 Fais m’en un ragoût comme je l’aime, sers-le moi et que j’en mange afin que mon cœur te bénisse avant ma mort.
And make me savoury food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.
5 Or Rébecca entendit ce qu’Isaac disait à Ésaü son fils. Ésaü alla aux champs pour chasser du gibier et le rapporter.
And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 Cependant Rébecca dit à Jacob, son fils: "Ecoute; j’ai entendu ton père parler ainsi à Ésaü, ton frère:
And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak unto Esau your brother, saying,
7 ‘Apporte-moi du gibier et apprête moi un ragoût que je mangerai et je te bénirai devant le Seigneur avant de mourir.’
Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death.
8 Et maintenant, mon fils, sois docile à ma voix, sur ce que je vais t’ordonner:
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
9 va au menu bétail et prends moi deux beaux chevreaux et j’en ferai pour ton père un ragoût tel qu’il l’aime.
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury food for your father, such as he loves:
10 Tu le présenteras à ton père et il mangera; de sorte qu’il te bénira avant de mourir."
And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.
11 Jacob dit à Rébecca sa mère: "Mais Ésaü, mon frère, est un homme velu et moi je ne le suis pas.
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12 Si par hasard mon père me tâte, je serai à ses yeux comme un trompeur, et, au lieu de bénédiction, c’est une malédiction que j’aurai attirée sur moi!"
My father possibly will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 Sa mère lui répondit: "Je prends sur moi ta malédiction, mon fils. Obéis seulement à ma voix et va me chercher ce que j’ai dit."
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 Il alla le chercher et l’apporta à sa mère. Celle ci en fit un mets selon le goût de son père.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved.
15 Puis Rébecca prit les plus beaux vêtements d’Ésaü, son fils aîné, lesquels étaient sous sa main dans la maison et elle en revêtit Jacob, son plus jeune fils;
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 de la peau des chevreaux, elle enveloppa ses mains et la surface lisse de son cou,
And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17 et posa le mets avec le pain, qu’elle avait apprêtés, dans la main de Jacob, son fils.
And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 Celui-ci entra chez son père, disant: "Mon père!" II répondit: "Me voici; qui es tu, mon fils?"
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son?
19 Jacob dit à son père: "Je suis Ésaü, ton premier né; j’ai fait ainsi que tu m’as dit. Viens donc, assieds toi et mange de ma chasse afin que ton cœur me bénisse."
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau your first born; I have done according as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me.
20 Isaac dit à son fils: "Qu’est ceci? tu as été prompt à faire capture mon fils!" Il répondit: "C’Est que l’Éternel ton Dieu m’a donné bonne chance."
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me.
21 Isaac dit à Jacob "Approche que je te tâte, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü ou non."
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.
22 Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père, qui le tâta et dit: "Cette voix, c’est la voix de Jacob; mais ces mains sont les mains d’Ésaü."
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 II ne le reconnut point, parce que ses mains étaient velues comme celles d’Ésaü son frère. Et il le bénit.
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 Il dit encore: "Tu es bien mon fils Ésaü?" II répondit: "Je le suis."
And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 II reprit: "Donne, que je mange de la chasse de mon fils afin que mon cœur te bénisse!" II le servit et il mangea; lui présenta du vin et il but.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
26 Isaac son père lui dit: "Approche, je te prie et embrasse moi, mon fils."
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 II s’approcha et l’embrassa. Isaac aspira l’odeur de ses vêtements; il le bénit et dit: "Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d’une terre favorisée du Seigneur!
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:
28 Puisse-t-il t’enrichir, le Seigneur, de la rosée des cieux et des sucs de la terre, d’une abondance de moissons et de vendanges!
Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Que des peuples t’obéissent! Que des nations tombent à tes pieds! Sois le chef de tes frères et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Malédiction à qui te maudira et qui te bénira soit béni!"
Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brethren, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.
30 Or, comme Isaac avait achevé de bénir Jacob, il arriva que Jacob sortait précisément de devant Isaac son père, lorsque son frère Ésaü revint de la chasse.
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 II apprêta, lui aussi, un ragoût et le présenta à son père en lui disant: "Que mon père se dispose à manger de la chasse de son fils, afin que ton cœur me bénisse.
And he also had made savoury food, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me.
32 lsaac, son père, lui demanda: "Qui es-tu?" II répondit: "Je suis ton fils, ton premier-né, Ésaü."
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau.
33 Isaac fut saisi d’une frayeur extrême et il dit: "Quel est donc cet autre, qui avait pris du gibier et me l’avait apporté? J’Ai mangé de tout avant ton arrivée et je l’ai béni. Eh bien! Il restera béni!"
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 Ésaü, entendant les paroles de son père, poussa des cris bruyants et douloureux et il dit à son père "Moi aussi bénis-moi, mon père!"
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 II répondit: "Ton frère a usé de ruse et il a enlevé ta bénédiction."
And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing.
36 Ésaü dit alors: "Est ce parce qu’on l’a nommé Jacob qu’il m’a supplanté deux fois déjà? II m’a enlevé mon droit d’aînesse et voici que maintenant il m’enlève ma bénédiction!" Et il ajouta: "N’As tu pas réservé une bénédiction pour moi?"
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
37 Isaac répondit en ces termes à Ésaü: "Certes! je l’ai institué ton supérieur, j’ai fait de tous ses frères ses serviteurs, je lai gratifié de la moisson et de la vendange: pour toi, dès lors, que puis je faire, mon fils?"
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto you, my son?
38 Ésaü dit à son père: "Ne possèdes tu qu’une seule bénédiction, mon père? Mon père, bénis moi aussi!" Et Esaü éclata en pleurs.
And Esau said unto his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 Pour réponse, Isaac son père lui dit: "Eh bien! une grasse contrée sera ton domaine et les cieux t’enverront leur rosée.
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 Mais tu ne vivras qu’à la pointe de ton épée; tu seras tributaire de ton frère. Pourtant, après avoir plié sous le joug, ton cou s’en affranchira."
And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
41 Ésaü prit Jacob en haine à cause de la bénédiction que son père lui avait donnée. Et Ésaü se dit en lui même: "Le temps du deuil de mon père approche; je ferai périr Jacob mon frère."
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 Et Rébecca fut informée des desseins d’Ésaü son fils aîné. Elle fit appeler Jacob, son plus jeune fils et lui dit "Écoute, Ésaü ton frère veut se venger de toi en te faisant mourir.
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, your brother Esau, as concerning you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you.
43 Et maintenant, mon fils, obéis à ma voix: pars, va te réfugier auprès de Laban, mon frère, à Haràn.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee you to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 Tu resteras chez lui quelque temps, jusqu’à ce que s’apaise la fureur de ton frère.
And tarry with him a few days, until your brother's fury turn away;
45 Lorsque l’animosité de ton frère ne te menacera plus et qu’il aura oublié ce que tu lui as fait, je t’enverrai ramener de là bas: pourquoi m’exposer à vous perdre tous deux à la fois?"
Until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 Rébecca dit à Isaac: "La vie m’est à charge, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob choisit une épouse parmi les filles de Heth, telle que celles-ci, parmi les filles de cette contrée, que m’importe la vie?"
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
