1 S o Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan.

Jacob demeura dans le pays de Canaan, où avait séjourné son père.

2 T his is the history of the descendants of Jacob and this is Jacob’s line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them.

Voici la postérité de Jacob. Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, faisait paître le troupeau avec ses frères; cet enfant était auprès des fils de Bilha et des fils de Zilpa, femmes de son père. Et Joseph rapportait à leur père leurs mauvais propos.

3 N ow Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a long tunic with sleeves.

Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce qu'il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.

4 B ut when his brothers saw that their father loved more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace to him or speak peaceably to him.

Ses frères virent que leur père l'aimait plus qu'eux tous, et ils le prirent en haine. Ils ne pouvaient lui parler avec amitié.

5 N ow Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more.

Joseph eut un songe, et il le raconta à ses frères, qui le haïrent encore davantage.

6 A nd he said to them, Listen now and hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed:

Il leur dit: Écoutez donc ce songe que j'ai eu!

7 W e were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down!

Nous étions à lier des gerbes au milieu des champs; et voici, ma gerbe se leva et se tint debout, et vos gerbes l'entourèrent et se prosternèrent devant elle.

8 H is brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects and dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.

Ses frères lui dirent: Est-ce que tu régneras sur nous? est-ce que tu nous gouverneras? Et ils le haïrent encore davantage, à cause de ses songes et à cause de ses paroles.

9 B ut Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, eleven stars the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me!

Il eut encore un autre songe, et il le raconta à ses frères. Il dit: J'ai eu encore un songe! Et voici, le soleil, la lune et onze étoiles se prosternaient devant moi.

10 A nd he told it to his father his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth and do homage to you?

Il le raconta à son père et à ses frères. Son père le réprimanda, et lui dit: Que signifie ce songe que tu as eu? Faut-il que nous venions, moi, ta mère et tes frères, nous prosterner en terre devant toi?

11 J oseph’s brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it.

Ses frères eurent de l'envie contre lui, mais son père garda le souvenir de ces choses.

12 J oseph’s brothers went to shepherd and feed their father’s flock near Shechem.

Les frères de Joseph étant allés à Sichem, pour faire paître le troupeau de leur père,

13 I srael said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am.

Israël dit à Joseph: Tes frères ne font-ils pas paître le troupeau à Sichem? Viens, je veux t'envoyer vers eux. Et il répondit: Me voici!

14 A nd said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether everything is all right with your brothers and with the flock; then come back and bring me word. So he sent him out of the Hebron Valley, and he came to Shechem.

Israël lui dit: Va, je te prie, et vois si tes frères sont en bonne santé et si le troupeau est en bon état; et tu m'en rapporteras des nouvelles. Il l'envoya ainsi de la vallée d'Hébron; et Joseph alla à Sichem.

15 A nd a certain man found him, and behold, he had lost his way and was wandering in the open country. The man asked him, What are you trying to find?

Un homme le rencontra, comme il errait dans les champs. Il le questionna, en disant: Que cherches-tu?

16 A nd he said, I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing our flocks.

Joseph répondit: Je cherche mes frères; dis-moi, je te prie, où ils font paître leur troupeau.

17 B ut the man said, they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

Et l'homme dit: Ils sont partis d'ici; car je les ai entendus dire: Allons à Dothan. Joseph alla après ses frères, et il les trouva à Dothan.

18 A nd when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.

Ils le virent de loin; et, avant qu'il fût près d'eux, ils complotèrent de le faire mourir.

19 A nd they said one to another, See, here comes this dreamer and master of dreams.

Ils se dirent l'un à l'autre: Voici le faiseur de songes qui arrive.

20 S o come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say, Some wild and ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!

Venez maintenant, tuons-le, et jetons-le dans une des citernes; nous dirons qu'une bête féroce l'a dévoré, et nous verrons ce que deviendront ses songes.

21 N ow Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him.

Ruben entendit cela, et il le délivra de leurs mains. Il dit: Ne lui ôtons pas la vie.

22 A nd Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father.

Ruben leur dit: Ne répandez point de sang; jetez-le dans cette citerne qui est au désert, et ne mettez pas la main sur lui. Il avait dessein de le délivrer de leurs mains pour le faire retourner vers son père.

23 W hen Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his long garment which he was wearing;

Lorsque Joseph fut arrivé auprès de ses frères, ils le dépouillèrent de sa tunique, de la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, qu'il avait sur lui.

24 T hen they took him and cast him into the pit which was empty; there was no water in it.

Ils le prirent, et le jetèrent dans la citerne. Cette citerne était vide; il n'y avait point d'eau.

25 T hen they sat down to eat their lunch. When they looked up, behold, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm (balsam), and myrrh or ladanum, going on their way to carry them down to Egypt.

Ils s'assirent ensuite pour manger. Ayant levé les yeux, ils virent une caravane d'Ismaélites venant de Galaad; leurs chameaux étaient chargés d'aromates, de baume et de myrrhe, qu'ils transportaient en Égypte.

26 A nd Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Alors Juda dit à ses frères: Que gagnerons-nous à tuer notre frère et à cacher son sang?

27 C ome, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented.

Venez, vendons-le aux Ismaélites, et ne mettons pas la main sur lui, car il est notre frère, notre chair. Et ses frères l'écoutèrent.

28 T hen as the Midianite merchants were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the well. And they sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph into Egypt.

Au passage des marchands madianites, ils tirèrent et firent remonter Joseph hors de la citerne; et ils le vendirent pour vingt sicles d'argent aux Ismaélites, qui l'emmenèrent en Égypte.

29 T hen Reuben returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he rent his clothes.

Ruben revint à la citerne; et voici, Joseph n'était plus dans la citerne. Il déchira ses vêtements,

30 H e rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go ?

retourna vers ses frères, et dit: L'enfant n'y est plus! Et moi, où irai-je?

31 T hen they took Joseph’s long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood;

Ils prirent alors la tunique de Joseph; et, ayant tué un bouc, ils plongèrent la tunique dans le sang.

32 A nd they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son’s tunic or not.

Ils envoyèrent à leur père la tunique de plusieurs couleurs, en lui faisant dire: Voici ce que nous avons trouvé! reconnais si c'est la tunique de ton fils, ou non.

33 H e said, My son’s long garment! An evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

Jacob la reconnut, et dit: C'est la tunique de mon fils! une bête féroce l'a dévoré! Joseph a été mis en pièces!

34 A nd Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son.

Et il déchira ses vêtements, il mit un sac sur ses reins, et il porta longtemps le deuil de son fils.

35 A nd all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

Tous ses fils et toutes ses filles vinrent pour le consoler; mais il ne voulut recevoir aucune consolation. Il disait: C'est en pleurant que je descendrai vers mon fils au séjour des morts! Et il pleurait son fils.

36 A nd the Midianites sold in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain and chief executioner of the guard.

Les Madianites le vendirent en Égypte à Potiphar, officier de Pharaon, chef des gardes.