Génesis 26
1 Hubo una hambruna en la tierra, además de la primera hambruna que hubo en los días de Abraham. Isaac fue a Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, a Gerar.
Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
2 Yahvé se le apareció y le dijo: “No bajes a Egipto. Vive en la tierra de la que te hablaré.
but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
3 Vive en esta tierra, y yo estaré contigo y te bendeciré. Porque te daré a ti y a tu descendencia todas estas tierras, y confirmaré el juramento que le hice a Abraham, tu padre.
Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
4 Multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas del cielo, y daré todas estas tierras a tu descendencia. En tu descendencia serán bendecidas todas las naciones de la tierra,
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
5 porque Abraham obedeció mi voz y guardó mis requerimientos, mis mandamientos, mis estatutos y mis leyes.”
I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
6 Isaac vivía en Gerar.
[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
7 Los hombres del lugar le preguntaron por su esposa. Él respondió: “Es mi hermana”, pues temía decir: “Mi esposa”, no sea que, pensó, “los hombres del lugar me maten por Rebeca, porque es hermosa de ver”.
When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
8 Cuando ya llevaba mucho tiempo allí, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, se asomó a una ventana y vio que Isaac estaba acariciando a Rebeca, su esposa.
When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 Abimelec llamó a Isaac y le dijo: “He aquí que ella es tu mujer. ¿Por qué has dicho: ‘Es mi hermana’?” Isaac le respondió: “Porque dije: “No sea que muera por su culpa””.
So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
10 Abimelec dijo: “¿Qué es lo que nos has hecho? Uno del pueblo podría haberse acostado fácilmente con tu mujer, ¡y nos habrías hecho caer la culpa!”
Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
11 Abimelec ordenó a todo el pueblo que dijera: “El que toque a este hombre o a su mujer, morirá”.
Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
12 Isaac sembró en esa tierra y cosechó en el mismo año cien veces lo que había plantado. El Señor lo bendijo.
Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 El hombre se hizo grande, y creció más y más hasta llegar a ser muy grande.
Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
14 Tenía posesiones de rebaños, posesiones de manadas y una gran casa. Los filisteos lo envidiaban.
He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
15 Ahora bien, todos los pozos que los siervos de su padre habían cavado en los días de Abraham, su padre, los filisteos los habían cerrado y llenado de tierra.
So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
16 Abimelec dijo a Isaac: “Vete de nosotros, porque eres mucho más poderoso que nosotros”.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
17 Isaac partió de allí, acampó en el valle de Gerar y vivió allí.
So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
18 Isaac volvió a cavar los pozos de agua que habían cavado en los días de Abraham, su padre, pues los filisteos los habían detenido después de la muerte de Abraham. Les puso los nombres que su padre les había puesto.
There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
19 Los siervos de Isaac cavaron en el valle y encontraron allí un pozo de agua que fluía.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
20 Los pastores de Gerar discutieron con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: “El agua es nuestra”. Así que llamó el nombre del pozo Esek, porque discutían con él.
But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
21 Ellos cavaron otro pozo, y también discutieron por él. Así que lo llamó Sitna.
Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
22 Dejó ese lugar y cavó otro pozo. No discutieron por ese. Así que lo llamó Rehobot. Dijo: “Porque ahora el Señor nos ha hecho un lugar, y seremos fructíferos en la tierra”.
They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
23 De allí subió a Beerseba.
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24 Esa misma noche se le apareció el Señor y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios de Abraham, tu padre. No temas, porque yo estoy contigo y te bendeciré y multiplicaré tu descendencia por amor a mi siervo Abraham.”
The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
25 Allí construyó un altar, invocó el nombre de Yahvé y acampó. Allí los siervos de Isaac cavaron un pozo.
So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
26 Entonces Abimelec fue a él desde Gerar y Ahuzat, su amigo, y Ficol, el capitán de su ejército.
[While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
27 Isaac les dijo: “¿Por qué habéis venido a mí, ya que me odiáis y me habéis enviado lejos de vosotros?”
Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
28 Dijeron: “Vimos claramente que el Señor estaba con ustedes. Dijimos: ‘Que haya ahora un juramento entre nosotros, incluso entre nosotros y vosotros, y hagamos un pacto con vosotros,
One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
29 de que no nos haréis ningún daño, como no os hemos tocado, y como no os hemos hecho más que el bien, y os hemos despedido en paz.’ Ahora sois los benditos de Yahvé”.
stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
30 Les hizo un banquete, y comieron y bebieron.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
31 Se levantaron por la mañana y se juraron mutuamente. Isaac los despidió, y ellos se alejaron de él en paz.
Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
32 El mismo día, los siervos de Isaac vinieron y le contaron sobre el pozo que habían cavado, y le dijeron: “Hemos encontrado agua”.
That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
33 Lo llamó “Shibah”. Por eso el nombre de la ciudad es “Beersheba” hasta el día de hoy.
Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
34 Cuando Esaú tenía cuarenta años, tomó por esposa a Judit, hija de Beeri el hitita, y a Basemat, hija de Elón el hitita.
When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
35 Ellas afligieronlos espíritus de Isaac y Rebeca.
Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
