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.
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.
2 Haré de ti una gran nación. Te bendeciré y engrandeceré tu nombre. Serás una bendición.
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
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”.
And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
4 Así que Abram se fue, como Yahvé le había dicho. Lot lo acompañó. Abram tenía setenta y cinco años cuando partió de Harán.
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
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 Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
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 traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited 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 appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to 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 he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Abram siguió viajando, todavía en dirección al sur.
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
10 Hubo hambre en la tierra. Abram bajó a Egipto para vivir como extranjero allí, porque el hambre era grave en la tierra.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
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.
And it came to pass when Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman.
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: ‘Esta es su mujer’. A mí me matarán, pero a ti te salvarán viva.
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you alive.
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, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
14 Cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era muy hermosa.
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
15 Los príncipes del faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante el faraón; y la mujer fue llevada a la casa del faraón.
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
16 Este trató bien a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo ovejas, ganado, asnos machos, siervos machos, siervas hembras, asnos hembras y camellos.
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
17 El Señor afligió al faraón y a su casa con grandes plagas a causa de Sarai, la esposa de Abram.
And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, 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?
And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me 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”.
Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.
20 El faraón ordenó a los hombres que se ocuparan de él, y lo escoltaron con su mujer y todo lo que tenía.
And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
