Génesis 26

1 Y hubo un gran hambruna en el país, no la misma que la que ocurrió en el tiempo de Abraham, sino más tarde. Así que Isaac se mudó a Gerar, en el territorio de Abimelec, rey de los filisteos.

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],

2 El Señor se le apareció a Isaac y le dijo: “No vayas a Egipto, sino al país que yo te mostraré.

but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!

3 Quédate aquí en este país. Yo estaré contigo y te bendeciré, porque voy a darte a ti y a tus descendientes todas estas tierras. Yo guardaré la promesa solemne que yo le juré a tu padre Abraham.

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.

4 Yo haré que tu descendencia sea tan numerosa como las estrellas del cielo, y les daré todas estas tierras. Todas las naciones de la tierra serán benditas por tus descendientes,

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.

5 porque Abraham hizo lo que yo le dije, y siguió mis órdenes, mis mandamientos, mis preceptos y mis leyes”.

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,”]

6 Así que Isaac se quedó en Gerar.

[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].

7 Cuando los hombres de esa tierra le preguntaron por su esposa, él respondió diciendo: “Ella es mi hermana”, porque tuvo miedo. Pues pensó para sí mismo: “Si digo que ella es mi esposa, me matarán para quedarse con Rebeca, pues es muy hermosa”.

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.”

8 Pero más tarde, después de haber vivido allí por un tiempo, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, miró por la ventana y vio a Isaac acariciando a su esposa Rebeca.

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.

9 Abimelec entonces mandó a buscar a Isaac y le planteó su queja. “¿Según lo que vi, ella es claramente tu esposa!” le dijo. “¿Por qué decidiste decir ‘es mi hermana’?” “Porque pensé que me matarían por causa de ella”, respondió Isaac.

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.”

10 “¿Por qué nos hiciste esto?” le preguntó Abimelec. “¡Uno de los hombres aquí pudo haberse acostado con tu esposa, y tú nos habrías hecho culpables a todos!”

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!”

11 Abimelec emitió una orden a todo el pueblo, advirtiéndoles: “Cualquiera que toque a este hombre o a su esposa, será ejecutado”.

Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”

12 Isaac volvió a sembrar ese año, y el Señor lo bendijo con una cosecha que fue cien veces más grande que lo que había sembrado.

Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.

13 Se volvió un hombre rico, y su riqueza creciócontinuamente hasta que se volvió muy rico.

Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.

14 Y poseía muchos rebaños de ovejas, manadas de bueyes, y muchos esclavos. Tanía tantas riquezas que los filisteos comenzaron a sentir celos de él.

He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.

15 Así que los filisteos usaron basura para tapar todos los pozos que su Padre Abraham había cavado.

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.

16 Entonces Abimelec le dijo a Isaac: “Tienes que abandonar nuestro país, porque te has vuelto demasiado poderoso para nosotros”.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”

17 Así que Isaac se fue y estableció su campamentoen el valle de Gerar, donde se quedó a vivir.

So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].

18 Allí destapó los pozos que había cavado su padre Abraham en su tiempo, los que los filisteos habían tapado después de la muerte de Abraham. Y les puso los mismos nombres que su padre les había puesto.

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.

19 Los siervos de Isaac también cavaron un pozo en el valle y encontraron una fuente de agua.

Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

20 Pero los pastores de Gerar comenzaron a tener discordias con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: “¡Esa agua es nuestra!” Así que Isaac llamó a aquel pozo “Discordia”, porque allí tuvieron discordia con él.

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.

21 Isaac tenía otro pozo cavado, y allí también hubo discordias. A ese pozo le llamó “Oposición”.

Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.

22 Así que se fueron de allí y cavaron otro pozo. Esta vez no hubo ninguna discordia respecto a este pozo, y lo llamó “Libertad”, diciendo: “Ahora el Señor nos ha dado libertad para crecer y ser exitosos en esta tierra”.

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.”

23 De allí Isaac se fue hacia Beerseba.

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.

24 Y esa noche el Señor se le apareció y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios de tu padre Abraham. No tengas miedo, porque yo estoy contigo. Te bendeciré y te daré muchos descendientes por causa de mi siervo Abraham”.

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.”

25 Isaac entonces construyó un altar y adoró al Señor. También estableció sus tiendas, y sus siervos cavaron un pozo en ese lugar.

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.

26 Algún tiempo después, Abimelec vino desde Gerar con su consejero Ahuzat y con Ficol, jefe de su ejército, para ver a Isaac.

[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.

27 “¿Por qué han venido a verme?” les preguntó Isaac. “¡Antes me odiaban y me pidieron que me fuera!”

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?”

28 “Ahora nos hemos dado cuenta de que el Señor está contigo”, le respondieron. “Así que hemos decidido hacer un pacto contigo con juramento.

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,

29 Tu nos prometerás que no nos harás daño, así como nosotros nunca te hemos hecho daño. Reconocerás que siempre te hemos tratado bien, y cuando te pedimos que te marcharas lo hicimos con bondad. ¡Y mira cómo el Señor te bendice ahora!”

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.”

30 Así que Isaac mandó a preparar una comida especial para celebrar este pacto. Comieron y bebieron,

So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.

31 y se levantaron temprano en la mañana y cada uno hizo juramento al otro. Entonces Isaac los dejó ir, y ellos se fueron en paz.

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.

32 Ese fue el día en que los siervos de Isaac que habían estado cavando un pozo vinieron a decirle: “¡Hemos hallado agua!”

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!”

33 Así que Isaac llamó a ese pozo “juramento”, y por eso hasta el día de hoy, el nombre de esa ciudad es “Pozo del juramento” (Beerseba).

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’].

34 Cuando Esaú cumplió 40 años, se casó con Judit, hija de Beri, el hitita, y también con Basemat, hija de Elón, el hitita.

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].

35 Y ellas le causaron muchas amarguras a Isaac y Rebeca.

Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.