Génesis 20

1 Abraham emprendió viaje hacia el Neguev, y se quedó entre Cades y Sur. Después se mudó y se fue a vivir a Gerar.

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

2 Mientras vivía allí, cada vez que hablaba de Sara decía “Es mi hermana”. De modo que Abimelec, el rey de Gerar, mandó a llamar a Sara y la tomó para que fuera una de sus esposas.

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.

3 Pero Dios se le apareció a Abimelec en un sueño, y le dijo: “¡Presta atención! Morirás, porque la mujer que has tomado ya está casada. Ella tiene un esposo”.

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.”

4 Abimelec no había tocado a Sara, y preguntó: “Señor, ¿acaso tú matas a las personas buenas?

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?

5 ¿Acaso no me dijo el mismo Abraham ‘ella es mi hermana,’ y acaso no dijo ella misma ‘él es mi hermano’? ¡Hice esto siendo inocente y mi conciencia está limpia!”

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.”

6 Dios le dijo en el sueño: “Sí, sé que hiciste esto con toda inocencia, y evité que pecaras contra mi. Por eso no permití que la tocaras.

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.

7 Envía a esta mujer con su esposo. Él es un profeta, y orará por ti, y tú vivirás. Pero si no la envías de regreso, debes saber que tú y toda tu familia morirán”.

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.”

8 Abimelec se levantó temprano a la mañana siguiente y reunió a todos sus sirvientes. Les explicó lo ocurrido, y todos estaban aterrorizados.

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].

9 Entonces Abimelec mandó a llamar a Abraham y le preguntó: “¿Qué has venido a hacernos? ¿Qué mal te he hecho para que me trates de esta manera, trayendo este pecado terrible sobre mi y mi reino? ¡Has hecho cosas que nadie debería hacer!”

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)!”

10 Y Abimelec le preguntó a Abraham: “¿En qué estabas pensando cuando hiciste esto?”

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

11 “Pues yo dije para mí: ‘Nadie respeta a Dios en este lugar. Me matarán para quedarse con mi esposa,’” respondió Abraham.

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.’

12 “De cualquier modo, ella es mi hermana, porque es la hija de mi padre, pero no de mi madre, y yo me casé con ella.

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.

13 Ya que Dios me hizo dejar a mi familia, le dije: ‘Si de verdad me amas, dondequiera que vayas conmigo dirás: Él es mi hermano’”.

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.”’”

14 Entonces Abimelec le dio a Abraham regalos de ovejas, rebaños, esclavos y esclavas, y le devolvió a Sara.

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.

15 Y le dijo: “Contempla mi tierra, y elige dónde quieres vivir”.

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

16 Y a Sara le dijo: “Ten en cuenta que le he dado a tu esposo mil piezas de plata. Esto es para compensar el mal que te hemos hecho ante los ojos de los que estaban contigo, y para que tu nombre quede limpio ante todos los demás”.

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]”

17 Entonces Abraham oró a Dios, y Dios sanó a Abimelec ya su esposa; y también sanó a sus esclavas, a fin de que nuevamente pudieran engendrar hijos.

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

18 Porque el Señor había hecho que las mujeres fueran infértiles porque se habían llevado a Sara, la esposa de Abraham.

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.