1 N ow it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered 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 T hen he said, “Behold now, I am old. 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 therefore, please take your weapons, 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 make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, 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 N ow Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

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 S o Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

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

7 ‘ Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it 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, obey my voice according to what 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 from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them 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 take it to your father, that he may eat it, and 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 A nd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth- skinned 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, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself 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, “ Let 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 A nd 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 choice clothes of her elder son Esau, 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 kids of the 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 T hen she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

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

18 S o he went 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 just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul 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 B ut Isaac said to 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.”

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 I saac said to Jacob, “Please come near, 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 went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, 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 A nd he 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 T hen he said, “ Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am. ”

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

25 H e said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he 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, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.”

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

27 A nd he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, 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 T herefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and 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 L et peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!” Esau’s Lost Hope

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 happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely 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 H e also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul 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 A nd his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So 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 exceedingly, and said, “Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him— and indeed 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 with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—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 B ut he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

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

36 A nd Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, 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 T hen Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Indeed I have made him your master, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, 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 A nd Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up 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, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, And of 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 B y your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Jacob Escapes from Esau

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 hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; 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 A nd the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “Surely your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you by intending 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: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

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

44 A nd stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,

et reste auprès de lui quelque temps,

45 u ntil your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereaved also 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 A nd Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are 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?