Génesis 16

1 Sarai, la esposa de Abram, no le dio hijos. Tenía una sierva, una egipcia, que se llamaba Agar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Sarai le dijo a Abram: “Mira ahora, Yahvé me ha impedido tener hijos. Por favor, acude a mi sierva. Puede ser que obtenga hijos de ella”. Abram escuchó la voz de Sarai.

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Sarai, la esposa de Abram, tomó a Agar la egipcia, su sierva, después de que Abram había vivido diez años en la tierra de Canaán, y se la dio a Abram su esposo para que fuera su esposa.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Él se acercó a Agar, y ella concibió. Al ver que había concebido, su ama se despreció ante sus ojos.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Sarai dijo a Abram: “Este mal es culpa tuya. Entregué a mi sierva en tu seno, y cuando vio que había concebido, miraba con desprecio a su señora”.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Pero Abram dijo a Sarai: “He aquí que tu doncella está en tu mano. Haz con ella lo que te parezca bien”. Sarai la trató con dureza, y ella huyó de su rostro.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 El ángel de Yahvé la encontró junto a una fuente de agua en el desierto, junto a la fuente del camino de Shur.

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Le dijo: “Agar, sierva de Sarai, ¿de dónde vienes? ¿A dónde vas?” Ella dijo: “Huyo de la cara de mi señora Sarai”.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo: “Vuelve a tu señora y sométete a sus manos”.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo: “Multiplicaré en gran medida tu descendencia, que no podrá ser contada a causa de la multitud”.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 El ángel de Yahvé le dijo: “He aquí que estás encinta y darás a luz un hijo. Lo llamarás Ismael, porque Yahvé ha escuchado tu aflicción.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Será como un asno salvaje entre los hombres. Su mano estará en contra de todo hombre, y la mano de todo hombre en contra de él. Vivirá opuesto a todos sus hermanos”.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Ella llamó al nombre de Yahvé que le habló: “Tú eres un Dios que ve”, pues dijo: “¿Acaso he quedado viva después de verlo?”

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 Por eso el pozo se llamó Beer Lahai Roi. He aquí que está entre Cades y Bered.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Agar dio a luz un hijo para Abram. Abram llamó el nombre de su hijo, que Agar dio a luz, Ismael.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Abram tenía ochenta y seis años cuando Agar dio a luz a Ismael.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.