Genesis 26
1 Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
Vino un hambre sobre el país, fuera de la primera hambre que había habido en tiempo de Abrahán. Se fue entonces Isaac a Gerar, a Abimelec, rey de los filisteos.
2 but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
Pues se le apareció Yahvé, y le dijo: “No desciendas a Egipto; fija tu residencia en el país que Yo te indicaré.
3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
Vive como extranjero en este país, y Yo estaré contigo y te bendeciré; porque a ti y a tu descendencia daré todas estas tierras, y cumpliré el juramento que hice a tu padre Abrahán.
4 I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
Multiplicaré tu posteridad como las estrellas del cielo, y daré a tu descendencia todas estas tierras; y en tu descendencia serán benditas todas las naciones de la tierra,
5 I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
por haber obedecido Abrahán mi voz, y haber cumplido mi servicio, mis mandamientos, mis estatutos y mis leyes.”
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
Habitó, pues, Isaac en Gerar.
7 When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
Al preguntarle los hombres del lugar acerca de su mujer, dijo: “Es mi hermana”; porque tenía miedo de que al decir: “Es mi mujer”, lo matasen los hombres del lugar a causa de Rebeca; pues ella era de hermoso aspecto.
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Mas como se prolongase allí su estancia, aconteció que Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, mirando por una ventana vio que Isaac acariciaba a su mujer Rebeca.
9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
Entonces llamó Abimelec a Isaac y le dijo: “Bien veo que ella es tu mujer. ¿Por qué, pues dijiste: ‘Es mi hermana’?” Y le respondió Isaac: “Porque pensé: No vaya yo a morir por causa de ella.”
10 Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
Replicó Abimelec: “¿Qué es esto que nos has hecho? Fácilmente alguno del pueblo hubiera podido tomar tu mujer, y hubieras traído sobre nosotros un pecado.”
11 Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
Por lo cual dio Abimelec a todo el pueblo una orden que decía: “Quien tocare a este hombre o a su mujer, morirá irremisiblemente.”
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Sembró Isaac en aquella tierra, y cosechó aquel año el ciento por uno; pues Yahvé le bendijo.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
Y el hombre se hizo rico y fue engrandeciéndose cada día más, de manera que vino a ser muy rico.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Tenía rebaños de ovejas y de ganados y mucha servidumbre. Por lo cual los filisteos le tuvieron envidia;
15 So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
y cegaron todos los pozos que los siervos de su padre habían cavado en tiempo de Abrahán, su padre y los llenaron de tierra.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
Dijo entonces Abimelec a Isaac: “Retírate de nosotros, porque te has hecho mucho más poderoso que nosotros.”
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
Fuése, pues, Isaac de allí, y acampó en el valle de Gerar, donde fijó su residencia.
18 There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
Isaac abrió de nuevo los pozos de agua cavados en los días de Abrahán, su padre, que los filisteos habían cegado después de la muerte de Abrahán; y les dio los mismos nombres que les había puesto su padre.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Después cavaron los siervos de Isaac en el valle, y hallaron allí un pozo de agua viva.
20 But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
Pero riñeron los pastores de Gerar con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: “Nuestra es el agua.” De donde llamó al pozo Esec, porque habían reñido con él.
21 Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
Cavaron otro pozo; y también por él se pelearon, por lo cual le puso por nombre Sitná.
22 They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
Partió de allí y cavó otro pozo, por el cual no hubo altercado; por tanto lo llamó Rehobot, diciendo: “Porque ahora Yahvé nos ha dado anchura, y podremos prosperar sobre la tierra.”
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
De allí subió a Bersabee;
24 The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
y se le apareció Yahvé aquella noche, y dijo: “Yo soy el Dios de Abrahán, tu padre. No temas, porque Yo estoy contigo; te bendeciré, y multiplicaré tu descendencia por amor a Abrahán, mi siervo.”
25 So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
Erigió allí un altar, donde invocó el nombre de Yahvé y plantó su tienda; y los siervos de Isaac cavaron allí un pozo.
26 [While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
Vino entonces a él Abimelec desde Gerar, con Ahuzar, su amigo, y Picol, capitán de sus tropas.
27 Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
Isaac les dijo: “¿Cómo es que venís a mí, vosotros que me odiáis y me habéis echado de entre vosotros?”
28 One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
Contestaron ellos: “Hemos visto claramente que Yahvé está contigo; por lo cual nos dijimos: Haya un juramento entre nosotros, entre ti y nosotros. Pactaremos alianza contigo,
29 stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
de que no nos harás mal alguno, así como nosotros no te hemos tocado, pues no hemos hecho contigo sino bien, y te hemos despedido en paz. Tú eres ahora el bendito de Yahvé.”
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
Entonces les dio un convite, y comieron y bebieron;
31 Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
y levantándose muy de mañana juraron el uno al otro. Después los despidió Isaac, y se retiraron de él en paz.
32 That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
Aquel mismo día vinieron los siervos de Isaac a darle noticia del pozo que habían cavado, diciéndole: “Hemos hallado agua.”
33 Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
Y lo llamó Sebá. Por eso el nombre de aquella ciudad es Bersabee hasta el día de hoy.
34 When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
Cuando Esaú tenía cuarenta años, tomó por mujeres a Judit, hija de Beerí, heteo, y a Basemat, hija de Elón, heteo,
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
las cuales causaron a Isaac y Rebeca mucha amargura.
