Génesis 12
1 Pero Yavé dijo a Abram: Vete de tu tierra, de tu parentela y de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra que te mostraré.
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2 Haré de ti una nación grande y te bendeciré. Engrandeceré tu nombre y serás bendición.
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3 Bendeciré a los que te bendigan, y maldeciré al que te maldiga. En ti serán bendecidas todas las familias de la tierra.
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4 Entonces Abram salió como Yavé le habló, y Lot fue con él. Abram tenía 75 años cuando salió de Harán.
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
5 Abram tomó a Saray, su esposa, a Lot, hijo de su hermano, todos los bienes que había acumulado y las personas que había conseguido en Harán. Salieron para ir a la tierra de Canaán y llegaron allá.
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
6 Abram atravesó aquella tierra hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta el roble de Moré. El cananeo estaba entonces en aquella tierra.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 Yavé apareció a Abram y le dijo: A tu descendencia daré esta tierra. Entonces edificó allí un altar a Yavé, Quien se le apareció.
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
8 De allí se trasladó a la montaña al oriente de Bet-ʼEl, y plantó su tienda entre Bet-ʼEl al occidente y Hai al oriente. Luego edificó allí un altar a Yavé e invocó el Nombre de Yavé.
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
9 Después Abram salió y se dirigió progresivamente hacia el Neguev.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 Hubo una hambruna en la tierra. Abram descendió a Egipto para peregrinar allá, pues la hambruna era severa en la tierra.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Sucedió que cuando se acercaba para entrar a Egipto, le dijo a su esposa Saray: Mira, eres mujer de hermosa apariencia.
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: Esta es su esposa. Entonces me matarán, y a ti te dejarán vivir.
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
13 Te ruego, dí que eres mi hermana para que me traten bien por causa de ti, y así, por tu favor, salve mi vida.
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
14 Sucedió que al llegar Abram a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era hermosísima.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
15 Los ministros de Faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante Faraón. La mujer fue llevada a casa de Faraón,
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 quien favoreció a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo rebaño, ganado vacuno y asnos, también esclavos y esclavas, asnas y camellos.
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
17 Pero por causa de Saray, esposa de Abram, Yavé afligió a Faraón y a su familia con grandes plagas.
And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Entonces Faraón llamó a Abram y le dijo: ¿Qué es esto que me hiciste? ¿Por qué no me declaraste que ella es tu esposa?
Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
19 ¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? Pues yo la tomé para mí como mujer, y ahora, mira, es tu esposa. ¡Tómala y vete!
Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
20 Faraón dio órdenes a sus hombres respecto a él, y lo sacaron escoltado con su esposa y todo lo que poseía.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
