Génesis 24
1 Abraham era viejo y de edad avanzada. Yahvé había bendecido a Abraham en todo.
Abraham was now a very old man. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in many ways.
2 Abraham dijo a su siervo, el mayor de su casa, que gobernaba todo lo que tenía: “Por favor, pon tu mano debajo de mi muslo.
One day Abraham said to the chief servant of his household, the man who was in charge of everything Abraham owned, “Put your hand between my thighs to solemnly promise you will do what I tell you.
3 Te haré jurar por Yahvé, el Dios de los cielos y el Dios de la tierra, que no tomarás para mi hijo una esposa de las hijas de los cananeos, entre los que vivo.
Knowing that Yahweh God [who created] the heavens and the earth is listening, promise that you will not get a wife for my son, Isaac, from the women here in Canaan.
4 Sino que irás a mi país y a mis parientes y tomarás una esposa para mi hijo Isaac”.
Instead, go back to my country and to my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac from among them.”
5 El criado le dijo: “¿Y si la mujer no está dispuesta a seguirme a esta tierra? ¿Debo traer a su hijo de nuevo a la tierra de la que vino?”
The servant asked him, “If I find a woman among your relatives, what if she is not willing to come back with me to this land? Shall I take your son back there to the country you came from, [so he can find a wife and live there]?”
6 Abraham le dijo: “Cuídate de no volver a llevar a mi hijo allí.
Abraham replied to him, “No! Be certain that you don’t take my son there!
7 Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, que me sacó de la casa de mi padre y de la tierra donde nací, que me habló y me juró diciendo: ‘Daré esta tierra a tu descendencia’, enviará a su ángel delante de ti, y tomarás de allí una mujer para mi hijo.
Yahweh God, who created the heavens, brought me here. He brought me from my father’s household, and from the land where my relatives lived. He spoke to me and made a solemn promise to me, saying, ‘I will give this land [of Canaan] to your descendants.’ He will send an angel who will go there ahead of you, and enable you to get a wife for my son [there and bring her to live here].
8 Si la mujer no está dispuesta a seguirte, entonces quedarás libre de este juramento a mí. Sólo que no volverás a llevar a mi hijo allí”.
But if the woman you find will not come back with you, you are free to disregard the promise you are making. The only thing that you must not do is to take my son to live there!”
9 El siervo puso su mano bajo el muslo de Abraham, su amo, y le juró sobre este asunto.
So the servant put his hand between Abraham’s thighs and made a solemn promise about the matter.
10 El siervo tomó diez de los camellos de su amo y partió, llevando consigo una variedad de cosas buenas de su amo. Se levantó y fue a Mesopotamia, a la ciudad de Najor.
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and loaded them with all kinds of goods that his master gave him to take along. Then he left to go to Aram-Naharaim, [which is in (northern Mesopotamia/Syria)]. He arrived in Nahor city.
11 Hizo que los camellos se arrodillaran fuera de la ciudad, junto al pozo de agua, a la hora del atardecer, la hora en que las mujeres salen a sacar agua.
It was late in the afternoon, at the time when the women go to the well to get water, when he arrived there. He made the camels kneel down near the well, which was outside the city.
12 Dijo: “Yahvé, el Dios de mi amo Abraham, por favor dame éxito hoy, y muestra bondad a mi amo Abraham.
The servant prayed, “Yahweh God whom my master Abraham worships, enable me to be successful today! Act kindly to my master, Abraham!
13 He aquí que estoy junto al manantial de agua. Las hijas de los hombres de la ciudad están saliendo a sacar agua.
Listen to me. I am standing near a well of water, and the young women of the city are coming to get water.
14 Que la joven a la que le diga: “Por favor, baja tu cántaro para que pueda beber”, y que diga: “Bebe, y yo también daré de beber a tus camellos”, sea la que has designado para tu siervo Isaac. Así sabré que has sido amable con mi señor”.
I am asking you this: ‘I will say to some girl, “Please lower your jar so that I may drink some water.” If she says, “Drink some, and I will draw some water [from the well] for your camels, too,” I will know that she is the woman whom you chose to be a wife for your servant, Isaac, and I will know that you have been kind to my master.’”
15 Antes de que terminara de hablar, he aquí que salía Rebeca, nacida de Betuel, hijo de Milca, mujer de Nacor, hermano de Abraham, con su cántaro al hombro.
Before he finished praying, [amazingly], Rebekah arrived there, carrying a jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s younger brother Nahor.
16 La joven era muy hermosa de ver, virgen. Ningún hombre la había conocido. Bajó a la fuente, llenó su cántaro y subió.
She was very beautiful and still a virgin. She went down to the edge of the well, filled her jar with water, and then came back up.
17 El criado corrió a su encuentro y le dijo: “Por favor, dame de beber, un poco de agua de tu cántaro”.
Abraham’s servant immediately ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”
18 Ella dijo: “Bebe, mi señor”. Ella se apresuró a bajar el cántaro de su mano y le dio de beber.
She replied, “Drink some, sir!” She lowered her jar from her shoulder to her hands and gave him a drink.
19 Cuando terminó de darle de beber, dijo: “Yo también sacaré para tus camellos, hasta que terminen de beber.”
After she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also get some water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
20 Ella se apresuró a vaciar su cántaro en el abrevadero, y corrió de nuevo al pozo para sacar, y sacó para todos sus camellos.
She quickly emptied the water in her jar into the trough [for giving water to animals], and then ran back to the well, and kept getting water for all the camels.
21 El hombre la miró fijamente, permaneciendo en silencio, para saber si Yahvé había hecho próspero su viaje o no.
The servant just watched her, without saying anything. He wanted to know if Yahweh had caused his trip to be successful or not.
22 Cuando los camellos terminaron de beber, el hombre tomó un anillo de oro de medio siclo de peso, y dos brazaletes para sus manos de diez siclos de peso de oro,
Finally, after the camels finished drinking, the servant took out a gold nose ring that weighed (two ounces/6 grams), and two large gold bracelets for her arms, and gave them to Rebekah [and told her to put them on].
23 y dijo: “¿De quién eres hija? Por favor, dime. ¿Hay sitio en la casa de tu padre para que nos quedemos?”
Then he said, “Tell me whose daughter you are. Also, tell me, is there room in your father’s house for me and my men to sleep there tonight?”
24 Ella le dijo: “Soy hija de Betuel, hijo de Milca, que dio a luz a Nacor”.
She replied, “My father’s name is Bethuel. He is the son of Nahor and his wife Milcah.
25 Además, le dijo: “Tenemos paja y alimento suficientes, y espacio para alojarnos”.
Yes, we have room where you all can sleep tonight, and we also have plenty of straw and grain to feed the camels.”
26 El hombre inclinó la cabeza y adoró a Yahvé.
The servant bowed and worshiped Yahweh.
27 Dijo: “Bendito sea Yahvé, el Dios de mi amo Abraham, que no ha abandonado su bondad y su verdad para con mi amo. En cuanto a mí, Yahvé me ha conducido por el camino a la casa de los parientes de mi amo”.
He said, “I thank you, Yahweh God, whom my master Abraham worships. You have continued to be kind and faithful to my master. You led me on this journey straight/directly to the house of my master’s relatives!”
28 La joven corrió y contó estas palabras a la casa de su madre.
The girl ran and told everyone in her mother’s household about what had happened.
29 Rebeca tenía un hermano que se llamaba Labán. Labán salió corriendo hacia el hombre, hacia la fuente.
Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban went quickly to Abraham’s servant, who was still by the well.
30 Cuando vio el anillo y los brazaletes en las manos de su hermana, y cuando oyó las palabras de su hermana Rebeca, diciendo: “Esto es lo que me ha dicho el hombre”, se acercó al hombre. He aquí que él estaba junto a los camellos en el manantial.
He was surprised to have seen the bracelets on his sister’s arms and the nose ring and to have heard Rebekah tell what the man had said to her. So he went out and saw the man standing near the camels, close to the well.
31 Le dijo: “Entra, bendito de Yahvé. ¿Por qué te quedas fuera? Porque he preparado la casa y el espacio para los camellos”.
He said to the man, “You who have been blessed by Yahweh, come with me! (Why are standing out here?/You should not keep standing out here!) [RHQ] I have prepared a room for you in the house, and a place for the camels to stay.”
32 El hombre entró en la casa y descargó los camellos. Dio paja y pienso para los camellos, y agua para lavar sus pies y los de los hombres que le acompañaban.
So the servant went to the house, and Laban’s servants unloaded the camels, and brought straw and grain for the camels, and water for him and the men with him to wash their feet.
33 Se le puso comida para que comiera, pero él dijo: “No comeré hasta que haya dicho mi mensaje”. Labán dijo: “Habla”.
They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I tell you (what I need to tell you/why I have come).” So Laban said, “Tell us!”
34 Él dijo: “Yo soy el siervo de Abraham.
So the servant said, “I am Abraham’s servant.
35 El Señor ha bendecido mucho a mi amo. Se ha hecho grande. El Señor le ha dado rebaños y manadas, plata y oro, siervos y siervas, camellos y asnos.
Yahweh has greatly blessed my master so that he has become very rich. Yahweh has given him many sheep and cattle, a lot of gold and silver, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.
36 Sara, la esposa de mi amo, le dio un hijo a mi amo cuando ya era viejo. Le ha dado todo lo que tiene.
My master’s wife, Sarah, bore a son for him when she was very old, and my master has given to his son everything he owns.
37 Mi amo me hizo jurar, diciendo: ‘No tomarás mujer para mi hijo de entre las hijas de los cananeos, en cuya tierra vivo,
My master made me solemnly promise, saying, ‘Do not get a wife for my son from the women here in Canaan.
38 sino que irás a la casa de mi padre y de mis parientes y tomarás mujer para mi hijo.’
Instead, go back to my father’s family, to my own clan, and get from them a wife for my son.’
39 Yo le pregunté a mi amo: ‘¿Y si la mujer no me sigue?’
Then I asked my master, ‘What shall I do if the woman you show me will not come back with me?’
40 Él me dijo: ‘El Señor, ante quien yo ando, enviará su ángel contigo y prosperará tu camino. Tomarás una mujer para mi hijo de entre mis parientes y de la casa de mi padre.
He replied, ‘Yahweh, whom I have always obeyed [MTY], will send his angel with you, and he will cause your journey to be successful, with the result that you can get a wife for my son from my clan, from my father’s family.
41 Así quedarás libre de mi juramento, cuando llegues a mis parientes. Si no te la dan, quedarás libre de mi juramento’.
But if my clan refuses to allow her to return with you, you will be freed from being cursed because of not obeying me.’
42 Vine hoy al manantial y dije: ‘Yahvé, el Dios de mi amo Abraham, si ahora haces prosperar mi camino que voy —
“When I came today to the well, I prayed, ‘Yahweh God whom my master, Abraham worships, if you are willing, please allow this journey of mine to be successful.
43 he aquí que estoy junto a este manantial de agua. Que la doncella que salga a sacar, a la que yo le diga: “Por favor, dame un poco de agua de tu cántaro para que beba”,
Listen to me. I am standing beside a well. A young woman may come to draw water. I will say to her, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar.”
44 entonces me diga: “Bebe, y yo también sacaré para tus camellos”, sea la mujer que Yahvé ha designado para el hijo de mi amo.’
If she says to me, “Certainly, drink some! And I will also draw some water for your camels,” that will be the woman whom you have chosen for my master’s son!’
45 Antes de que terminara de hablar en mi corazón, he aquí que Rebeca salió con su cántaro al hombro. Bajó al manantial y sacó. Le dije: ‘Por favor, déjame beber’.
Before I finished praying, [amazingly], Rebekah approached with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the well and got some water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink!’
46 Ella se apresuró a bajar el cántaro de su hombro y dijo: ‘Bebe, y yo también daré de beber a tus camellos’. Así que bebí, y ella también dio de beber a los camellos.
She quickly lowered her jar and said, ‘Drink some! And I will draw water [from the well] for your camels, too.’ So I drank some water, and she also got water for the camels.
47 Le pregunté: “¿De quién eres hija? Ella respondió: ‘La hija de Betuel, hijo de Nacor, que le dio Milca’. Le puse el anillo en la nariz y los brazaletes en las manos.
Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor and his wife, Milcah.’ I had [a ring and bracelets with me, and] I put the ring in her nose and put the bracelets on her arms.
48 Incliné la cabeza, adoré a Yahvé y bendije a Yahvé, el Dios de mi amo Abraham, que me había guiado por el camino correcto para tomar a la hija del hermano de mi amo para su hijo.
Then I bowed and worshiped Yahweh, and I thanked Yahweh God, the one my master Abraham worships, the one who led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother to be a wife for my master’s son.
49 Ahora bien, si tú tratas con bondad y verdad a mi amo, dímelo. Si no, dímelo, para que me vuelva a la derecha o a la izquierda”.
Now, if you are kind and faithful to my master, tell me that you will do what I am asking. If you will not do that, tell me that also, so I may know what to do [MTY].”
50 Entonces Labán y Betuel respondieron: “La cosa procede de Yahvé. No podemos hablarte ni mal ni bien.
Laban and Bethuel answered, “It is clear that Yahweh has caused this to happen. So we two cannot say anything more.
51 He aquí que Rebeca está delante de ti. Tómenla y váyanse, y que sea la esposa del hijo de su amo, como ha dicho Yahvé”.
Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as Yahweh has indicated.”
52 Cuando el siervo de Abraham escuchó sus palabras, se postró en tierra ante Yahvé.
When Abraham’s servant heard these words, he bowed down to the ground to [thank] Yahweh.
53 El siervo sacó joyas de plata, joyas de oro y ropa, y se las dio a Rebeca. También dio cosas preciosas a su hermano y a su madre.
Then the servant brought out silver and gold jewelry and clothes, and gave them to Rebekah. And he gave gifts to her brother Laban and to her mother.
54 Comieron y bebieron, él y los hombres que estaban con él, y se quedaron toda la noche. Se levantaron por la mañana, y él dijo: “Envíenme a mi amo”.
Then they ate a meal together. The men who were with Abraham’s servant also slept there that night. The next morning, the servant said, “Allow me now to return to my master.”
55 Su hermano y su madre dijeron: “Que la joven se quede con nosotros unos días, al menos diez. Después se irá”.
But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl remain with us for about ten days. After that, you may take her and go.”
56 Él les dijo: “No me estorben, pues Yahvé ha prosperado mi camino. Despídanme para que vaya con mi amo”.
But he replied to them, “Yahweh has made my journey successful, so do not detain me. Let me take her back to my master now!”
57 Dijeron: “Llamaremos a la joven y le preguntaremos”.
They said, “Let’s call Rebekah and ask her what she wants to do.” [MTY]
58 Llamaron a Rebeca y le dijeron: “¿Quieres ir con este hombre?” Ella dijo: “Iré”.
So they summoned Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man now?” She replied, “Yes, I will go.”
59 Despidieron a Rebeca, su hermana, con su nodriza, el siervo de Abraham, y sus hombres.
So they allowed Rebekah, a woman who had taken care of her when she was very young, Abraham’s servant, and the men who had come with him. to go.
60 Bendijeron a Rebeca y le dijeron: “Hermana nuestra, que seas madre de miles de diez mil, y que tu descendencia posea la puerta de los que la odian.”
Before they all left, they [asked God to] bless Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, we ask that Yahweh will cause you to have millions of descendants, and allow them to completely defeat [MET] all those that hate them.”
61 Rebeca se levantó con sus damas. Montaron en los camellos y siguieron al hombre. El siervo tomó a Rebeca y siguió su camino.
Then Rebekah and her maid servants got ready and got on their camels and went with Abraham’s servant.
62 Isaac venía del camino de Beer Lahai Roi, pues vivía en la tierra del Sur.
At that time, Isaac was living in the Negev desert. He had gone there from Beer-Lahai-Roi.
63 Isaac salió a meditar en el campo al atardecer. Levantó sus ojos y miró. He aquí que venían camellos.
One evening he went out into the field to meditate as he walked. He looked up and [was surprised to] see some camels coming.
64 Rebeca levantó los ojos y, al ver a Isaac, se bajó del camello.
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel,
65 Dijo al criado: “¿Quién es el hombre que viene al campo a recibirnos?” El criado dijo: “Es mi amo”. Tomó su velo y se cubrió.
and asked the servant, “Who is that man who is approaching?” The servant replied, “That is Isaac, my master, [the man you will be marrying].” So she took her veil and covered her face, which was the custom for a woman who was about to be married.
66 El siervo le contó a Isaac todo lo que había hecho.
The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.
67 Isaac la llevó a la tienda de su madre Sara, y tomó a Rebeca, y ella se convirtió en su esposa. Él la amaba. Así que Isaac se sintió reconfortado después de la muerte de su madre.
Then Isaac took Rebekah into the tent that belonged to his mother, Sarah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. So Isaac was comforted about his mother’s death.
