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.
Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
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, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
3 Bendeciré a los que te bendigan, y maldeciré al que te maldiga. En ti serán bendecidas todas las familias de la tierra.
I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 Entonces Abram salió como Yavé le habló, y Lot fue con él. Abram tenía 75 años cuando salió de Harán.
And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed 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 he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,
6 Abram atravesó aquella tierra hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta el roble de Moré. El cananeo estaba entonces en aquella tierra.
Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was 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.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to 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 passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.
9 Después Abram salió y se dirigió progresivamente hacia el Neguev.
And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.
10 Hubo una hambruna en la tierra. Abram descendió a Egipto para peregrinar allá, pues la hambruna era severa en la tierra.
But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
11 Sucedió que cuando se acercaba para entrar a Egipto, le dijo a su esposa Saray: Mira, eres mujer de hermosa apariencia.
And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: Esta es su esposa. Entonces me matarán, y a ti te dejarán vivir.
And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain 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.
Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”
14 Sucedió que al llegar Abram a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era hermosísima.
And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 Los ministros de Faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante Faraón. La mujer fue llevada a casa de Faraón,
And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
16 quien favoreció a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo rebaño, ganado vacuno y asnos, también esclavos y esclavas, asnas y camellos.
In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Pero por causa de Saray, esposa de Abram, Yavé afligió a Faraón y a su familia con grandes plagas.
But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
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?
And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me 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!
For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”
20 Faraón dio órdenes a sus hombres respecto a él, y lo sacaron escoltado con su esposa y todo lo que poseía.
And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.
