Genesis 16

1 Up to that time, Abram’s wife Sarai had not given birth to any children for Abram. But she had a female slave from Egypt, whose name was Hagar.

Saray, esposa de Abram, no le daba hijos. Pero ella tenía una esclava egipcia cuyo nombre era Agar.

2 [So one day] Sarai said to Abram, “Listen to me! Yahweh has not allowed me to become pregnant. So (sleep with/have sex with) [EUP] my slave Hagar. Perhaps she will bear children whom I can consider to be mine.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.

Y Saray dijo a Abram: Mira, Yavé me impidió tener hijos. Te ruego que te unas a mi esclava. Quizás los obtenga de ella. Y Abram escuchó la voz de Saray.

3 So Abram (slept with/had sex with) Hagar, his wife Sarai’s slave from Egypt. This happened ten years after they went to live in Canaan [land]. Sarai gave Hagar to her husband to be his secondary wife.

Y después de diez años de vivir Abram en la tierra de Canaán, su esposa Saray tomó a Agar, su esclava egipcia, y la dio como mujer a su esposo Abram.

4 He (slept with/had sex with) [EUP] Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress Sarai.

Él se unió a Agar y [ella] concibió. Sin embargo, cuando vio que concibió, miraba con desprecio a su señora.

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “It is your fault! I put my servant into your arms, so that you could sleep with her [EUP]. Now she realizes that she is pregnant, and she despises me. I think Yahweh will punish you for doing this to me!”

Entonces Saray dijo a Abram: ¡Mi afrenta sea sobre ti! Yo puse a mi esclava en tu seno, y ella, al ver que está embarazada, me mira con desprecio. Juzgue Yavé entre tú y yo.

6 So Abram said to Sarai, “[You listen to me]! She is your servant, so act towards her in the way you consider best.” Then Sarai started to mistreat her, so she ran away from Sarai.

Abram contestó a Saray: Mira, tu esclava está en tus manos. Haz con ella lo que te parezca bien. Entonces Saray la afligió, y ella huyó de su presencia.

7 An angel of Yahweh found her as she was near a spring of water in the desert. It was the spring that was alongside the road to Shur.

Pero el Ángel de Yavé la halló junto a un pozo de agua en el desierto, junto al pozo que está en el camino de Shur,

8 He said to her, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I have run away from Sarai, my mistress.”

y le dijo: Agar, esclava de Saray, ¿de dónde vienes y a dónde vas? Ella respondió: Huyo de la presencia de mi señora Saray.

9 The angel said, “Go back to your mistress and be under her authority [MTY]”.

Entonces el Ángel de Yavé le dijo: Vuelve a tu señora y humíllate bajo sus manos.

10 The angel also said to her, “I will enable you to bear so many descendants that no one will be able to count them!”

Y le dijo el Ángel de Yavé: Multiplicaré inmensamente tu descendencia, y debido a su multitud, no se podrá contar.

11 The angel also said to her, “[Listen to this!] You are pregnant. You will give birth to a son. You must name him Ishmael, [which means ‘God hears]’, because Yahweh has heard you crying because you feel so miserable.

El Ángel de Yavé también le dijo: Mira, estás embarazada y darás a luz un hijo. Lo llamarás Ismael, porque Yavé escuchó tu aflicción.

12 But your son will be as uncontrollable as a wild donkey [MET]. He will oppose everyone, and everyone will oppose him [MTY]. He will live far away from his relatives [SYN].”

Él será un hombre como el asno salvaje. Su mano estará contra todos, Y la mano de todos contra él. Vivirá enfrentado a todos sus hermanos.

13 Then Hagar realized that the angel was really Yahweh, so she said to herself, “(It is difficult to believe that I have really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me!/Have I really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me?)” [RHQ] So she called him ‘Yahweh, the one who sees me’.

Y le dio a Yavé, Quien hablaba con ella, este nombre: Tú eres el ʼEL-que-me-ve, porque dijo: ¿No vi aquí yo la espalda de Aquél que me ve?

14 That is why people call the well there ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, [which means, ‘The well of the living one who sees us’!] It is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

Por eso llamó al pozo: Pozo del Viviente-que-me-ve. Ahí está entre Cades y Bered.

15 So Hagar later gave birth to a son for Abram, and she gave to her son the name Ishmael.

Agar dio a luz un hijo a Abram, y Abram llamó Ismael al hijo que Agar le dio a luz.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son Ishmael.

Abram tenía 86 años cuando Agar le dio a luz a Ismael.