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.
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
2 Haré de ti una gran nación. Te bendeciré y engrandeceré tu nombre. Serás una bendición.
I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
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”.
I will bless those who (bless/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
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 left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
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.
Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
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.
In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that 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.
Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had 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.
From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
9 Abram siguió viajando, todavía en dirección al sur.
Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
10 Hubo hambre en la tierra. Abram bajó a Egipto para vivir como extranjero allí, porque el hambre era grave en la tierra.
There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
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.
Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: ‘Esta es su mujer’. A mí me matarán, pero a ti te salvarán viva.
When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill 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.”
So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
14 Cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era muy hermosa.
And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed 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.
When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
16 Este trató bien a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo ovejas, ganado, asnos machos, siervos machos, siervas hembras, asnos hembras y camellos.
The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
17 El Señor afligió al faraón y a su casa con grandes plagas a causa de Sarai, la esposa de Abram.
But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
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?
When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you 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”.
Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
20 El faraón ordenó a los hombres que se ocuparan de él, y lo escoltaron con su mujer y todo lo que tenía.
Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
