| Chapter 33 |
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And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. |
| Jacob leva les yeux, et regarda; et voici, Ésaü arrivait, avec quatre cents hommes. Il répartit les enfants entre Léa, Rachel, et les deux servantes.
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And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. |
| Il plaça en tête les servantes avec leurs enfants, puis Léa avec ses enfants, et enfin Rachel avec Joseph.
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And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| Lui-même passa devant eux; et il se prosterna en terre sept fois, jusqu`à ce qu`il fût près de son frère.
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And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. |
| Ésaü courut à sa rencontre; il l`embrassa, se jeta à son cou, et le baisa. Et ils pleurèrent.
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And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. |
| Ésaü, levant les yeux, vit les femmes et les enfants, et il dit: Qui sont ceux que tu as là? Et Jacob répondit: Ce sont les enfants que Dieu a accordés à ton serviteur.
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Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. |
| Les servantes s`approchèrent, elles et leurs enfants, et se prosternèrent;
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And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. |
| Léa et ses enfants s`approchèrent aussi, et se prosternèrent; ensuite Joseph et Rachel s`approchèrent, et se prosternèrent.
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And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. |
| Ésaü dit: A quoi destines-tu tout ce camp que j`ai rencontré? Et Jacob répondit: A trouver grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur.
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. |
| Ésaü dit: Je suis dans l`abondance, mon frère; garde ce qui est à toi.
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. |
| Et Jacob répondit: Non, je te prie, si j`ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux, accepte de ma main mon présent; car c`est pour cela que j`ai regardé ta face comme on regarde la face de Dieu, et tu m`as accueilli favorablement.
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Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. |
| Accepte donc mon présent qui t`a été offert, puisque Dieu m`a comblé de grâces, et que je ne manque de rien. Il insista auprès de lui, et Ésaü accepta.
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And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. |
| Ésaü dit: Partons, mettons-nous en route; j`irai devant toi.
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And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. |
| Jacob lui répondit: Mon seigneur sait que les enfants sont délicats, et que j`ai des brebis et des vaches qui allaitent; si l`on forçait leur marche un seul jour, tout le troupeau périrait.
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Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. |
| Que mon seigneur prenne les devants sur son serviteur; et moi, je suivrai lentement, au pas du troupeau qui me précédera, et au pas des enfants, jusqu`à ce que j`arrive chez mon seigneur, à Séir.
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And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. |
| Ésaü dit: Je veux au moins laisser avec toi une partie de mes gens. Et Jacob répondit: Pourquoi cela? Que je trouve seulement grâce aux yeux de mon seigneur!
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So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. |
| Le même jour, Ésaü reprit le chemin de Séir.
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And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. |
| Jacob partit pour Succoth. Il bâtit une maison pour lui, et il fit des cabanes pour ses troupeaux. C`est pourquoi l`on a appelé ce lieu de nom de Succoth.
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And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. |
| A son retour de Paddan Aram, Jacob arriva heureusement à la ville de Sichem, dans le pays de Canaan, et il campa devant la ville.
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And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. |
| Il acheta la portion du champ où il avait dressé sa tente, des fils d`Hamor, père de Sichem, pour cent kesita.
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And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel. |
| Et là, il éleva un autel, qu`il appela El Élohé Israël.
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