Génesis 17

1 Cuando Abram tenía noventa y nueve años, Yahvé se le apareció y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios Todopoderoso. Camina delante de mí y sé irreprochable.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,

2 Haré mi pacto entre yo y tú, y te multiplicaré en gran manera”.

And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

3 Abram se postró sobre su rostro. Dios habló con él, diciendo:

And Abram went down on his face on the earth, and the Lord God went on talking with him, and said,

4 “En cuanto a mí, he aquí que mi pacto es contigo. Serás el padre de una multitud de naciones.

As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.

5 Ya no te llamarás Abram, sino que tu nombre será Abraham, porque te he hecho padre de una multitud de naciones.

No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations.

6 Te haré fructificar en gran medida, y haré naciones de ti. De ti saldrán reyes.

I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.

7 Estableceré mi pacto entre mí y tú y tu descendencia después de ti por sus generaciones, como un pacto eterno, para ser un Dios para ti y para tu descendencia después de ti.

And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8 Te daré a ti, y a tu descendencia después de ti, la tierra por la que viajas, toda la tierra de Canaán, como posesión eterna. Yo seré su Dios”.

And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.

9 Dios dijo a Abraham: “En cuanto a ti, guardarás mi pacto, tú y tu descendencia después de ti por sus generaciones.

And God said to Abraham, On your side, you are to keep the agreement, you and your seed after you through all generations.

10 Este es mi pacto, que guardarás, entre tú y yo y tu descendencia después de ti. Todo varón de entre vosotros será circuncidado.

And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

11 Será circuncidado en la carne de su prepucio. Será una señal de la alianza entre mí y vosotros.

In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

12 Será circuncidado entre vosotros el que tenga ocho días de edad, todo varón a lo largo de vuestras generaciones, el que haya nacido en la casa o haya sido comprado con dinero a cualquier extranjero que no sea de vuestra descendencia.

Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

13 El que nazca en tu casa, y el que sea comprado con tu dinero, debe ser circuncidado. Mi pacto estará en tu carne como pacto eterno.

He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

14 El varón incircunciso que no esté circuncidado en la carne de su prepucio, esa alma será cortada de su pueblo. Ha roto mi pacto”.

And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

15 Dios dijo a Abraham: “En cuanto a Sarai, tu mujer, no la llamarás Sarai, sino que su nombre será Sara.

And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.

16 Yo la bendeciré, y además te daré un hijo de ella. Sí, la bendeciré, y será madre de naciones. De ella saldrán reyes de pueblos”.

And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.

17 Entonces Abraham se postró sobre su rostro y se rió, y dijo en su corazón: “¿Le nacerá un hijo a quien tiene cien años? ¿Dará a luz Sara, que tiene noventa años?”

Then Abraham went down on his face, and laughing, said in his heart, May a man a hundred years old have a child? will Sarah, at ninety years old, give birth?

18 Abraham dijo a Dios: “¡Oh, que Ismael viva ante ti!”

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

19 Dios dijo: “No, pero Sara, tu mujer, te dará un hijo. Lo llamarás Isaac. Estableceré mi pacto con él como un pacto eterno para su descendencia después de él.

And God said, Not so; but Sarah, your wife, will have a son, and you will give him the name Isaac, and I will make my agreement with him for ever and with his seed after him.

20 En cuanto a Ismael, te he escuchado. He aquí que lo he bendecido, lo haré fructificar y lo multiplicaré en gran manera. Llegará a ser padre de doce príncipes, y haré de él una gran nación.

As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

21 Pero yo estableceré mi alianza con Isaac, a quien Sara dará a luz en esta época del año próximo.”

But my agreement will be with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth a year from this time.

22 Cuando terminó de hablar con él, Dios se alejó de Abraham.

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham tomó a su hijo Ismael, a todos los nacidos en su casa y a todos los comprados con su dinero; a todo varón de la casa de Abraham, y circuncidó la carne de su prepucio en el mismo día, como Dios le había dicho.

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

24 Abraham tenía noventa y nueve años cuando fue circuncidado en la carne de su prepucio.

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

25 Ismael, su hijo, tenía trece años cuando fue circuncidado en la carne de su prepucio.

And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

26 El mismo día fueron circuncidados Abraham e Ismael, su hijo.

Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

27 Todos los hombres de su casa, los nacidos en ella y los comprados con dinero a un extranjero, fueron circuncidados con él.

And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.