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Scene 1 · Intermediate
La tunique aux multiples couleurs
The coat of many colors
French
Jacob, également appelé Israël, vivait en Canaan, là où son père avait séjourné. Son fils Joseph, âgé de dix-sept ans, gardait les troupeaux avec ses frères, notamment les fils de Bilha et de Zilpa, femmes de Jacob. Il a rapporté à leur père des faits défavorables à leur sujet.
English translation
Jacob, also called Israel, lived in Canaan, where his father had stayed. His seventeen-year-old son Joseph tended the flocks with his brothers, including the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, Jacob’s wives. He brought their father an unfavorable report about them.
French
Israël préférait Joseph à ses autres enfants, parce qu’il était le fils de sa vieillesse. Il lui avait fait confectionner une tunique aux multiples couleurs. Ses frères, témoins de cette préférence, le haïssaient et ne pouvaient lui adresser une parole amicale.
English translation
Israel favored Joseph over his other children because he was the son of his old age. He had a many-colored tunic made for him. His brothers saw this favoritism, hated him, and could not speak a friendly word to him.
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