Genesis 12
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Genèse 12
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| Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide: | L`Éternel dit à Abram: Va-t-en de ton pays, de ta patrie, et de la maison de ton père, dans le pays que je te montrerai. |
| And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing: | Je ferai de toi une grande nation, et je te bénirai; je rendrai ton nom grand, et tu seras une source de bénédiction. |
| To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth. | Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront, et je maudirai ceux qui te maudiront; et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi. |
| So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran. | Abram partit, comme l`Éternel le lui avait dit, et Lot partit avec lui. Abram était âgé de soixante-quinze ans, lorsqu`il sortit de Charan. |
| And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan. | Abram prit Saraï, sa femme, et Lot, fils de son frère, avec tous les biens qu`ils possédaient et les serviteurs qu`ils avaient acquis à Charan. Ils partirent pour aller dans le pays de Canaan, et ils arrivèrent au pays de Canaan. |
| And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land. | Abram parcourut le pays jusqu`au lieu nommé Sichem, jusqu`aux chênes de Moré. Les Cananéens étaient alors dans le pays. |
| And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him. | L`Éternel apparut à Abram, et dit: Je donnerai ce pays à ta postérité. Et Abram bâtit là un autel à l`Éternel, qui lui était apparu. |
| And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord. | Il se transporta de là vers la montagne, à l`orient de Béthel, et il dressa ses tentes, ayant Béthel à l`occident et Aï à l`orient. Il bâtit encore là un autel à l`Éternel, et il invoqua le nom de l`Éternel. |
| And he went on, journeying still to the South. | Abram continua ses marches, en s`avançant vers le midi. |
| And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt. | Il y eut une famine dans le pays; et Abram descendit en Égypte pour y séjourner, car la famine était grande dans le pays. |
| Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye; | Comme il était près d`entrer en Égypte, il dit à Saraï, sa femme: Voici, je sais que tu es une femme belle de figure. |
| And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you. | Quand les Égyptiens te verront, ils diront: C`est sa femme! Et ils me tueront, et te laisseront la vie. |
| Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account. | Dis, je te prie, que tu es ma soeur, afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi, et que mon âme vive grâce à toi. |
| And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair. | Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Égypte, les Égyptiens virent que la femme était fort belle. |
| And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house. | Les grands de Pharaon la virent aussi et la vantèrent à Pharaon; et la femme fut emmenée dans la maison de Pharaon. |
| And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels. | Il traita bien Abram à cause d`elle; et Abram reçut des brebis, des boeufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses, et des chameaux. |
| And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife. | Mais l`Éternel frappa de grandes plaies Pharaon et sa maison, au sujet de Saraï, femme d`Abram. |
| Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife? | Alors Pharaon appela Abram, et dit: Qu`est-ce que tu m`as fait? Pourquoi ne m`as-tu pas déclaré que c`est ta femme? |
| Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way. | Pourquoi as-tu dit: C`est ma soeur? Aussi l`ai-je prise pour ma femme. Maintenant, voici ta femme, prends-la, et va-t-en! |
| And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had. | Et Pharaon donna ordre à ses gens de le renvoyer, lui et sa femme, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait. |
