| 1 Jacob leva les yeux, Ésaü arrivait avec 400 hommes. Il répartit donc les enfants autour de Léa, de Rachel et des deux servantes. | 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. |
| 2 Il mit en tête les deux servantes et leurs enfants derrière elles, puis Léa et ses enfants et enfin Rachel et Joseph. | 2 And he put the maids with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. |
| 3 Quant à lui, il passa devant eux et se prosterna à terre à sept reprises, jusqu’à ce qu’il fût près de son frère. | 3 He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| 4 Ésaü courut à sa rencontre et l’embrassa. Il se jeta à son cou, le couvrit de baisers et ils pleurèrent tous deux. | 4 But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. |
| 5 Lorsque Ésaü vit les femmes et les enfants, il demanda: “Que sont-ils pour toi, tous ceux-ci?” Jacob répondit: “Ce sont les enfants que Dieu a donnés à ton serviteur.” | 5 And when Esau raised his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, "Who are these with you?" Jacob said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." |
| 6 Alors les servantes s’approchèrent avec leurs enfants et se prosternèrent. | 6 Then the maids drew near, they and their children, and bowed down; |
| 7 S’approchant à leur tour, Léa et ses enfants se prosternèrent. Enfin s’approchèrent Rachel et Joseph et ils se prosternèrent. | 7 Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down; and last Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down. |
| 8 Ésaü dit encore: “Que signifie toute cette caravane que j’ai rencontrée?” Jacob répondit: “C’est un cadeau, car je voulais trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur.” | 8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor in the sight of my lord." |
| 9 Ésaü lui dit: “J’ai suffisamment pour moi, mon frère. Que tout ceci reste entre tes mains.” | 9 But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself." |
| 10 Mais Jacob lui répondit: “Non! Si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, accepte ce cadeau de ma main. J’ai cherché à gagner ta faveur, comme on cherche celle de Dieu, et tu m’as accueilli. | 10 Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me. |
| 11 Accepte donc ce cadeau qui t’a été présenté, car Dieu m’a comblé de tout.” Jacob insista tellement qu’Ésaü finit par accepter. | 11 Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it. |
| 12 “Allons! Mettons-nous en route! dit Ésaü, je marcherai devant toi.” | 12 Then Esau said, "Let us journey on our way, and I will go before you." |
| 13 Jacob répondit: “Mon seigneur sait que les enfants sont fragiles et que j’ai de nombreuses brebis et des vaches qui allaitent. Si on les bouscule un jour seulement, tout le troupeau périra. | 13 But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they are overdriven for one day, all the flocks will die. |
| 14 Que mon seigneur passe donc devant son serviteur, et moi, j’irai à mon pas, au pas du troupeau qui est avec moi et au pas des enfants. Ensuite j’irai chez mon seigneur à Séïr.” | 14 Let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir." |
| 15 Ésaü lui dit: “Accepte que je laisse avec toi quelques-uns des hommes qui m’accompagnent.” Jacob répondit: “À quoi bon? Que je trouve seulement grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!” | 15 So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the men who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord." |
| 16 Ésaü reprit donc ce jour-là son chemin vers Séïr, | 16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. |
| 17 et Jacob partit pour Soukkot. Il y construisit une maison pour lui et des cabanes pour le bétail. C’est pour cela qu’on a appelé cet endroit Soukkot. | 17 But Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built himself a house, and made booths for his cattle; therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. |
| 18 Lorsque Jacob arriva près de la ville de Sichem, au pays de Canaan, à son retour de Paddân-Aram, il campa en face de la ville. | 18 And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city. |
| 19 Là, pour 100 pièces de monnaie, il acheta une parcelle de terre aux fils de Hamor, père de Sichem, et il y planta sa tente. | 19 And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent. |
| 20 Il construisit un autel et l’appela El, Dieu d’Israël. | 20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. |
