1.Mose 12 | English Standard Version Segond 21

1.Mose 12 | English Standard Version

The Call of Abram

1 Now the Lord said* to Abram, “Go from your country* and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”* 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak* of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Abram and Sarai in Egypt

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. 11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” 14 When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. 15 And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. 16 And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. 17 But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. 18 So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” 20 And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.

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Segond 21

L'appel d'Abram

1 L'Eternel dit à Abram: « Quitte ton pays, ta patrie et ta famille et va dans le pays que je te montrerai.* 2 Je ferai de toi une grande nation, je te bénirai, je rendrai ton nom grand et tu seras une source de bénédiction. 3 Je bénirai ceux qui te béniront et je maudirai ceux qui te maudiront, et toutes les familles de la terre seront bénies en toi*.» 4 Abram partit conformément à la parole de l'Eternel, et Lot partit avec lui. Abram était âgé de 75 ans lorsqu'il quitta Charan. 5 Il prit sa femme Saraï et Lot, le fils de son frère. Il prit aussi tous les biens et les serviteurs dont ils étaient devenus propriétaires à Charan, et ils partirent pour se rendre dans le pays de Canaan, où ils arrivèrent. 6 Abram traversa le pays jusqu'à l'endroit appelé Sichem, jusqu'aux chênes de Moré. Les Cananéens occupaient alors le pays. 7 L'Eternel apparut à Abram et dit: «C'est à ta descendance* que je donnerai ce pays.» Abram construisit là un autel en l'honneur de l'Eternel qui lui était apparu. 8 Il partit de là vers la région montagneuse qui se trouve à l'est de Béthel et il dressa ses tentes. Béthel était à l'ouest et Aï à l'est. Là, il construisit un autel en l'honneur de l'Eternel et fit appel au nom de l'Eternel. 9 Puis Abram continua par étapes en direction du Néguev*.

Abram en Egypte

10 Il y eut une famine dans le pays et Abram descendit en Egypte pour y séjourner, car la famine pesait lourdement sur le pays. 11 Comme il était sur le point d'entrer en Egypte, il dit à sa femme Saraï: «Ecoute-moi! Je sais que tu es une belle femme. 12 Quand les Egyptiens te verront, ils diront: ‘C'est sa femme’ et ils me tueront, tandis que toi, ils te laisseront en vie. 13 Présente-toi donc comme ma sœur afin que je sois bien traité à cause de toi et que je reste en vie grâce à toi.» 14 Lorsque Abram fut arrivé en Egypte, les Egyptiens virent que la femme était très belle. 15 Les intendants du pharaon la virent et la vantèrent au pharaon, si bien que la femme fut emmenée chez le pharaon. 16 Il traita bien Abram à cause d'elle et Abram reçut des brebis, des bœufs, des ânes, des serviteurs et des servantes, des ânesses et des chameaux. 17 Cependant, l'Eternel frappa le pharaon et sa famille de grands fléaux à cause de Saraï, la femme d'Abram. 18 Alors le pharaon appela Abram et dit: «Qu'est-ce que tu m'as fait? Pourquoi ne m'as-tu pas informé que c'est ta femme? 19 Pourquoi as-tu prétendu que c'était ta sœur? De ce fait, je l'ai prise pour femme! Voici maintenant ta femme. Prends-la et va-t'en!» 20 Et le pharaon donna l'ordre à ses gens de le renvoyer, lui et sa femme, avec tout ce qui lui appartenait.