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 Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
2 Haré de ti una nación grande y te bendeciré. Engrandeceré tu nombre y serás bendición.
I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
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/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
4 Entonces Abram salió como Yavé le habló, y Lot fue con él. Abram tenía 75 años cuando salió de Harán.
So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
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.
Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
6 Abram atravesó aquella tierra hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta el roble de Moré. El cananeo estaba entonces en aquella tierra.
In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that 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 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh 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.
From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
9 Después Abram salió y se dirigió progresivamente hacia el Neguev.
Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
10 Hubo una hambruna en la tierra. Abram descendió a Egipto para peregrinar allá, pues la hambruna era severa en la tierra.
There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
11 Sucedió que cuando se acercaba para entrar a Egipto, le dijo a su esposa Saray: Mira, eres mujer de hermosa apariencia.
Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
12 Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: Esta es su esposa. Entonces me matarán, y a ti te dejarán vivir.
When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill 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.
So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
14 Sucedió que al llegar Abram a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era hermosísima.
And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
15 Los ministros de Faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante Faraón. La mujer fue llevada a casa de Faraón,
When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
16 quien favoreció a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo rebaño, ganado vacuno y asnos, también esclavos y esclavas, asnas y camellos.
The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
17 Pero por causa de Saray, esposa de Abram, Yavé afligió a Faraón y a su familia con grandes plagas.
But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
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?
When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me 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 lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
20 Faraón dio órdenes a sus hombres respecto a él, y lo sacaron escoltado con su esposa y todo lo que poseía.
Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
