1 N ow it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Isaac devenait vieux, et ses yeux s'étaient affaiblis au point qu'il ne voyait plus. Alors il appela Ésaü, son fils aîné, et lui dit: Mon fils! Et il lui répondit: Me voici!

2 I saac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

Isaac dit: Voici donc, je suis vieux, je ne connais pas le jour de ma mort.

3 N ow then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me;

Maintenant donc, je te prie, prends tes armes, ton carquois et ton arc, va dans les champs, et chasse-moi du gibier.

4 a nd prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Fais-moi un mets comme j'aime, et apporte-le-moi à manger, afin que mon âme te bénisse avant que je meure.

5 R ebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

Rebecca écouta ce qu'Isaac disait à Ésaü, son fils. Et Ésaü s'en alla dans les champs, pour chasser du gibier et pour le rapporter.

6 R ebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

Puis Rebecca dit à Jacob, son fils: Voici, j'ai entendu ton père qui parlait ainsi à Ésaü, ton frère:

7 ‘ Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

Apporte-moi du gibier et fais-moi un mets que je mangerai; et je te bénirai devant l'Éternel avant ma mort.

8 N ow therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you.

Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix à l'égard de ce que je te commande.

9 G o now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.

Va me prendre au troupeau deux bons chevreaux; j'en ferai pour ton père un mets comme il aime;

10 T hen you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death.”

et tu le porteras à manger à ton père, afin qu'il te bénisse avant sa mort.

11 J acob answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.

Jacob répondit à sa mère: Voici, Ésaü, mon frère, est velu, et je n'ai point de poil.

12 P erhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.”

Peut-être mon père me touchera-t-il, et je passerai à ses yeux pour un menteur, et je ferai venir sur moi la malédiction, et non la bénédiction.

13 B ut his mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

Sa mère lui dit: Que cette malédiction, mon fils, retombe sur moi! Écoute seulement ma voix, et va me les prendre.

14 S o he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food such as his father loved.

Jacob alla les prendre, et les apporta à sa mère, qui fit un mets comme son père aimait.

15 T hen Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Ensuite, Rebecca prit les vêtements d'Ésaü, son fils aîné, les plus beaux qui se trouvaient à la maison, et elle les fit mettre à Jacob, son fils cadet.

16 A nd she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.

Elle couvrit ses mains de la peau des chevreaux, et son cou qui était sans poil.

17 S he also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob.

Et elle plaça dans la main de Jacob, son fils, le mets et le pain qu'elle avait préparés.

18 T hen he came to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

Il vint vers son père, et dit: Mon père! Et Isaac dit: Me voici! qui es-tu, mon fils?

19 J acob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that you may bless me.”

Jacob répondit à son père: Je suis Ésaü, ton fils aîné; j'ai fait ce que tu m'as dit. Lève-toi, je te prie, assieds-toi, et mange de mon gibier, afin que ton âme me bénisse.

20 I saac said to his son, “How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “ Because the Lord your God caused it to happen to me.”

Isaac dit à son fils: Eh quoi! tu en as déjà trouvé, mon fils! Et Jacob répondit: C'est que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, l'a fait venir devant moi.

21 T hen Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Isaac dit à Jacob: Approche donc, et que je te touche, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü, ou non.

22 S o Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Jacob s'approcha d'Isaac, son père, qui le toucha, et dit: La voix est la voix de Jacob, mais les mains sont les mains d'Ésaü.

23 H e did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

Il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d'Ésaü, son frère; et il le bénit.

24 A nd he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.”

Il dit: C'est toi qui es mon fils Ésaü? Et Jacob répondit: C'est moi.

25 S o he said, “Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that I may bless you.” And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank.

Isaac dit: Sers-moi, et que je mange du gibier de mon fils, afin que mon âme te bénisse. Jacob le servit, et il mangea; il lui apporta aussi du vin, et il but.

26 T hen his father Isaac said to him, “Please come close and kiss me, my son.”

Alors Isaac, son père, lui dit: Approche donc, et baise-moi, mon fils.

27 S o he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed;

Jacob s'approcha, et le baisa. Isaac sentit l'odeur de ses vêtements; puis il le bénit, et dit: Voici, l'odeur de mon fils est comme l'odeur d'un champ que l'Éternel a béni.

28 N ow may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

Que Dieu te donne de la rosée du ciel Et de la graisse de la terre, Du blé et du vin en abondance!

29 M ay peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.” The Stolen Blessing

Que des peuples te soient soumis, Et que des nations se prosternent devant toi! Sois le maître de tes frères, Et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Maudit soit quiconque te maudira, Et béni soit quiconque te bénira.

30 N ow it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Isaac avait fini de bénir Jacob, et Jacob avait à peine quitté son père Isaac, qu'Ésaü, son frère, revint de la chasse.

31 T hen he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “ Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.”

Il fit aussi un mets, qu'il porta à son père; et il dit à son père: Que mon père se lève et mange du gibier de son fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse!

32 I saac his father said to him, “ Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

Isaac, son père, lui dit: Qui es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis ton fils aîné, Ésaü.

33 T hen Isaac trembled violently, and said, “ Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.”

Isaac fut saisi d'une grande, d'une violente émotion, et il dit: Qui est donc celui qui a chassé du gibier, et me l'a apporté? J'ai mangé de tout avant que tu vinsses, et je l'ai béni. Aussi sera-t-il béni.

34 W hen Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”

Lorsque Ésaü entendit les paroles de son père, il poussa de forts cris, pleins d'amertume, et il dit à son père: Bénis-moi aussi, mon père!

35 A nd he said, “ Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

Isaac dit: Ton frère est venu avec ruse, et il a enlevé ta bénédiction.

36 T hen he said, “ Is he not 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?”

Ésaü dit: Est-ce parce qu'on l'a appelé du nom de Jacob qu'il m'a supplanté deux fois? Il a enlevé mon droit d'aînesse, et voici maintenant qu'il vient d'enlever ma bénédiction. Et il dit: N'as-tu point réservé de bénédiction pour moi?

37 B ut Isaac replied to Esau, “Behold, I have made him your master, and all his relatives I have given to him as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”

Isaac répondit, et dit à Ésaü: Voici, je l'ai établi ton maître, et je lui ai donné tous ses frères pour serviteurs, je l'ai pourvu de blé et de vin: que puis-je donc faire pour toi, mon fils?

38 E sau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

Ésaü dit à son père: N'as-tu que cette seule bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi aussi, mon père! Et Ésaü éleva la voix, et pleura.

39 T hen Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from above.

Isaac, son père, répondit, et lui dit: Voici! Ta demeure sera privée de la graisse de la terre Et de la rosée du ciel, d'en haut.

40 “ By your sword you shall live, And your brother you shall serve; But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from your neck.”

Tu vivras de ton épée, Et tu seras asservi à ton frère; Mais en errant librement çà et là, Tu briseras son joug de dessus ton cou.

41 S o Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “ The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Ésaü conçut de la haine contre Jacob, à cause de la bénédiction dont son père l'avait béni; et Ésaü disait en son coeur: Les jours du deuil de mon père vont approcher, et je tuerai Jacob, mon frère.

42 N ow when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

On rapporta à Rebecca les paroles d'Ésaü, son fils aîné. Elle fit alors appeler Jacob, son fils cadet, et elle lui dit: Voici, Ésaü, ton frère, veut tirer vengeance de toi, en te tuant.

43 N ow therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!

Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix! Lève-toi, fuis chez Laban, mon frère, à Charan;

44 S tay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury subsides,

et reste auprès de lui quelque temps,

45 u ntil your brother’s anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?”

jusqu'à ce que la fureur de ton frère s'apaise, jusqu'à ce que la colère de ton frère se détourne de toi, et qu'il oublie ce que tu lui as fait. Alors je te ferai revenir. Pourquoi serais-je privée de vous deux en un même jour?

46 R ebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

Rebecca dit à Isaac: Je suis dégoûtée de la vie, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob prend une femme, comme celles-ci, parmi les filles de Heth, parmi les filles du pays, à quoi me sert la vie?