Genesis 20

1 Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.

Abraham viajó desde allí hacia la tierra del Sur, y vivió entre Cades y Shur. Vivió como extranjero en Gerar.

2 While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.

Abraham dijo de su esposa Sara: “Es mi hermana”. Abimelec, rey de Gerar, envió y tomó a Sara.

3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”

Pero Dios vino a Abimelec en un sueño nocturno y le dijo: “He aquí que eres un hombre muerto a causa de la mujer que has tomado, porque es mujer de hombre.”

4 But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?

Ahora bien, Abimelec no se había acercado a ella. Dijo: “Señor, ¿vas a matar incluso a una nación justa?

5 He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”

¿No me dijo: ‘Es mi hermana’? Ella, incluso ella misma, dijo: ‘Es mi hermano’. He hecho esto con la integridad de mi corazón y la inocencia de mis manos”.

6 God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.

Dios le dijo en el sueño: “Sí, sé que en la integridad de tu corazón has hecho esto, y también te he impedido pecar contra mí. Por eso no te permití tocarla.

7 Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”

Ahora, pues, restituye a ese hombre su mujer. Porque él es un profeta, y orará por ti, y vivirás. Si no la restituyes, ten por seguro que morirás, tú y todos los tuyos”.

8 Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].

Abimelec se levantó de madrugada, llamó a todos sus siervos y les dijo todo esto al oído. Los hombres estaban muy asustados.

9 Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”

Entonces Abimelec llamó a Abraham y le dijo: “¿Qué nos has hecho? ¿Cómo he pecado contra ti, que has traído sobre mí y sobre mi reino un gran pecado? Me has hecho obras que no debían hacerse”.

10 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

Abimelec le dijo a Abraham: “¿Qué has visto para que hayas hecho esto?”

11 Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’

Abraham dijo: “Porque pensé: ‘Seguramente el temor de Dios no está en este lugar. Me matarán por causa de mi mujer’.

12 Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.

Además, ella es en verdad mi hermana, la hija de mi padre, pero no la hija de mi madre; y se convirtió en mi esposa.

13 Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”

Cuando Dios hizo que me alejara de la casa de mi padre, le dije a ella: ‘Esta es la bondad que mostrarás conmigo. Dondequiera que vayamos, di de mí: “Es mi hermano”’”.

14 So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

Abimelec tomó ovejas y ganado, siervos y siervas, y se los dio a Abraham, y le devolvió a Sara, su esposa.

15 And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”

Abimelec dijo: “Mira, mi tierra está delante de ti. Habita donde te plazca”.

16 And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”

A Sara le dijo: “He aquí que le he dado a tu hermano mil monedas de plata. He aquí que es para ti una cubierta de los ojos para todos los que están contigo. Delante de todos estás reivindicada”.

17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.

Abraham oró a Dios. Entonces Dios sanó a Abimelec, a su esposa y a sus siervas, y éstas dieron a luz.

18 This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.

Porque Yahvé había cerrado bien todos los vientres de la casa de Abimelec, a causa de Sara, la mujer de Abraham.