Génesis 12
1 El Señor dijo a Abram: “Deja tu país, tus parientes y la casa de tu padre, y vete a la tierra que te mostraré.
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2 Haré de ti una gran nación. Te bendeciré y engrandeceré tu nombre. Serás una bendición.
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3 Bendeciré a los que te bendigan y maldeciré a los que te traten con desprecio. Todas las familias de la tierra serán bendecidas por ti”.
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4 Así que Abram se fue, como Yahvé le había dicho. Lot lo acompañó. Abram tenía setenta y cinco años cuando partió de Harán.
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
5 Abram tomó a Sarai, su esposa, a Lot, el hijo de su hermano, todas las posesiones que habían reunido y el pueblo que habían adquirido en Harán, y se fueron a la tierra de Canaán. Entraron en la tierra de Canaán.
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram pasó por la tierra hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta la encina de Moreh. En ese momento, los cananeos estaban en la tierra.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 Yahvé se le apareció a Abram y le dijo: “Le daré esta tierra a tu descendencia”. Allí construyó un altar a Yahvé, que se le había aparecido.
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
8 Salió de allí para ir a la montaña que está al este de Betel y acampó, teniendo Betel al oeste y Hai al este. Allí construyó un altar a Yahvé e invocó el nombre de Yahvé.
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
9 Abram siguió viajando, todavía en dirección al sur.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 Hubo hambre en la tierra. Abram bajó a Egipto para vivir como extranjero allí, porque el hambre era grave en la tierra.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Cuando estuvo a punto de entrar en Egipto, le dijo a Sarai, su esposa: “Mira ahora, sé que eres una mujer hermosa de ver.
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: ‘Esta es su mujer’. A mí me matarán, pero a ti te salvarán viva.
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
13 Por favor, di que eres mi hermana, para que me vaya bien por ti y para que mi alma viva gracias a ti.”
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
14 Cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era muy hermosa.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
15 Los príncipes del faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante el faraón; y la mujer fue llevada a la casa del faraón.
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 Este trató bien a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo ovejas, ganado, asnos machos, siervos machos, siervas hembras, asnos hembras y camellos.
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
17 El Señor afligió al faraón y a su casa con grandes plagas a causa de Sarai, la esposa de Abram.
And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 El faraón llamó a Abram y le dijo: “¿Qué es esto que me has hecho? ¿Por qué no me dijiste que era tu mujer?
Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
19 ¿Por qué dijiste: ‘Es mi hermana’, para que la tomara por esposa? Ahora, pues, ve a tu mujer, tómala y vete”.
Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
20 El faraón ordenó a los hombres que se ocuparan de él, y lo escoltaron con su mujer y todo lo que tenía.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
