Livre de la Genèse 35

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Dieu dit à Jacob: “Lève-toi, monte à Béthel. Tu t’établiras là-bas et tu construiras un autel au Dieu qui t’est apparu lorsque tu fuyais devant ton frère Ésaü.”	1 About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2 Jacob dit alors à sa famille, à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: “Enlevez les idoles étrangères qui sont au milieu de vous; purifiez-vous et changez de vêtements.	2 In truth, Jacob, having called together all his house, said: “Cast away the foreign gods that are in your midst and be cleansed, and also change your garments.
3 Puis nous nous lèverons et nous partirons pour Béthel. Là, je construirai un autel au Dieu qui m’a répondu au jour de mon angoisse et qui a été avec moi sur tous mes chemins.”	3 Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, so that we may make an altar there to God, who heeded me in the day of my tribulation, and who accompanied me on my journey.”
4 Ils donnèrent donc à Jacob toutes les idoles étrangères qui étaient en leurs mains, ainsi que les anneaux qu’ils avaient aux oreilles, et Jacob les enterra sous l’arbre qui est près de Sichem.	4 Therefore, they gave him all the foreign gods which they had, and the earrings which were in their ears. And then he buried them under the terebinth tree, which is beyond the city of Shechem.
5 Puis ils se mirent en route et une terreur divine s’empara de toutes les villes qui étaient aux environs, si bien qu’on ne poursuivit pas les fils de Jacob.	5 And when they had set out, the terror of God invaded all the surrounding cities, and they dared not pursue them as they withdrew.
6 Jacob arriva avec tout son monde à Louz, c’est-à-dire Béthel, au pays de Canaan.	6 And so, Jacob arrived at Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, also named Bethel: he and all the people with him.
7 Il construisit là un autel et il appela ce lieu Dieu-de-Béthel, car c’était là que Dieu s’était révélé à lui lorsqu’il fuyait devant son frère.	7 And he built an altar there, and he called the name of that place, ‘House of God.’ For there God appeared to him when he fled from his brother.
8 Débora, la nourrice de Rébecca, mourut alors. On l’enterra près de Béthel, sous le chêne auquel on donna le nom de Chêne des Pleurs.	8 About the same time, Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried at the base of Bethel, under an oak tree. And the name of that place was called, ‘Oak of Weeping.’
9 Dieu apparut encore à Jacob à son retour de Paddân-Aram et il lui donna cette bénédiction:	9 Then God appeared again to Jacob, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria, and he blessed him,
10 “Tu t’appelles Jacob, mais désormais on ne t’appellera plus Jacob: Israël sera ton nom.” On l’appela donc Israël.	10 saying: “You will no longer be called Jacob, for your name shall be Israel.” And he called him Israel,
11 Puis Dieu lui dit: “Je suis le Dieu de la Steppe, grandis et multiplie-toi: une nation, un ensemble de nations sortira de toi, et des rois sortiront de ton sang.	11 and he said to him: “I am Almighty God: increase and multiply. Tribes and peoples of nations will be from you, and kings will go forth from your loins.
12 Je veux te donner, ainsi qu’à ta descendance, le pays que j’ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac.”	12 And the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and to your offspring after you.”
13 Puis Dieu s’éloigna de lui,	13 And he withdrew from him.
14 et Jacob dressa une pierre sacrée en cet endroit où Dieu lui avait parlé. Il fit une offrande, et il la consacra avec de l’huile.	14 In truth, he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him, pouring out libations over it, and pouring oil,
15 Jacob donna ensuite le nom de Béthel à ce lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé.	15 and he called the name of that place, ‘Bethel.’
16 Ils partirent de Béthel, mais ils n’étaient pas encore arrivés à Éfrata lorsque Rachel accoucha. L’accouchement fut difficile et,	16 Then, departing from there, he arrived in springtime at the land that leads to Ephrath. And there, when Rachel was giving birth,
17 tandis qu’elle accouchait péniblement, l’accoucheuse lui dit: “Ne crains pas, c’est encore un fils que tu vas avoir.”	17 because it was a difficult birth, she began to be in danger. And the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you will have this son also.”
18 Elle était sur le point de mourir, déjà elle rendait le dernier soupir, quand elle donna à l’enfant le nom de Ben-Oni (c’est-à-dire: fils de ma douleur). Mais son père l’appela Benjamin (c’est-à-dire: fils de ma main droite).	18 Then, when her life was departing because of the pain, and death was now imminent, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain. Yet truly, his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand.
19 Rachel mourut et on l’enterra sur la route d’Éfrata (c’est Bethléem).	19 And so Rachel died, and she was buried in the way that leads to Ephrath: this place is Bethlehem.
20 Sur sa tombe Jacob dressa une pierre, c’est la Pierre de la tombe de Rachel que l’on voit encore aujourd’hui.	20 And Jacob erected a monument over her sepulcher. This is the monument to Rachel’s tomb, even to the present day.
21 Israël se remit en marche et monta sa tente au-delà de Migdal-Éder.	21 Departing from there, he pitched his tent beyond the Tower of the Flock.
22 Pendant qu’Israël séjournait dans ce pays, Ruben coucha avec Bila, la concubine de son père, et Israël apprit la chose. Jacob eut douze fils:	22 And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
23 Léa donna à Jacob son premier né Ruben, puis Siméon, Lévi et Juda, Issacar et Zabulon.	23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
24 Rachel lui donna Joseph et Benjamin.	24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
25 Bila, servante de Rachel, lui donna Dan et Nephtali.	25 The sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel: Dan and Naphtali.
26 Zilpa, servante de Léa, lui donna Gad et Asher. Ce sont là les fils de Jacob qui naquirent à Paddân-Aram.	26 The sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria.
27 Jacob revint près d’Isaac son père à Mambré, près de Kiryat-Arba qui est Hébron: c’est là qu’avaient séjourné Abraham et Isaac.	27 And then he went to his father Isaac in Mamre, the city of Arba: this place is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 Isaac avait alors 180 ans.	28 And the days of Isaac were completed: one hundred and eighty years.
29 Il était très affaibli lorsqu’il mourut et fut réuni à ses ancêtres, extrêmement âgé et comblé de jours. Ses fils Ésaü et Jacob l’enterrèrent.	29 And being consumed by old age, he died. And he was placed with his people, being old and full of days. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.