Génesis 20

1 Desde allí Abraham viajó hacia la tierra del Neguev. Acampó entre Cades y Shur, y vivió temporalmente en Gerar.

Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.

2 Y Abraham decía con respecto a Sara, su esposa: Es mi hermana. Así que Abimelec, rey de Gerar, envió y tomó a Sara.

And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

3 Pero ʼElohim vino a Abimelec en un sueño aquella noche y le dijo: Mira, eres hombre muerto a causa de la mujer que tomaste, pues ella está casada y tiene esposo.

Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: “Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.”

4 Pero Abimelec, quien no se había unido a ella, dijo: ʼAdonay, ¿matarás a gente inocente?

In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?

5 ¿No me dijo él: Ella es mi hermana? Y ella también dijo: Es mi hermano. Con integridad de corazón y limpieza de manos hice esto.

Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and did she not say, ‘He is my brother?’ In the sincerity of my heart and the purity of my hands, I have done this.”

6 ʼElohim le dijo en el sueño: También Yo sé que con integridad de tu corazón hiciste esto, y Yo también te retuve de pecar contra Mí. Por eso no te permití tocarla.

And God said to him: “And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.

7 Devuelve ahora a la esposa de ese hombre, porque es profeta. Él conversará con Dios por ti, y vivirás. Pero si no la devuelves, sabes que de cierto morirás, tú y todos los tuyos.

Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours.”

8 Entonces Abimelec se levantó temprano por la mañana. Llamó a todos sus esclavos y les habló todas estas cosas en privado, y aquellos hombres sintieron un gran temor.

And immediately Abimelech, rising up in the night, called all his servants. And he spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were very afraid.

9 Luego Abimelec llamó a Abraham y le dijo: ¿Qué nos hiciste? ¿En qué te ofendí para que trajeras tan gran pecado contra mí y contra mi reino? ¡Hiciste conmigo cosas que no debiste hacer!

Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”

10 Además Abimelec preguntó a Abraham: ¿Qué encontraste que te persuadió a hacer esto?

And remonstrating him again, he said, “What did you see, so that you would do this?”

11 Abraham respondió: Porque me dije: Ciertamente no hay temor a ʼElohim en este lugar, y me matarán por causa de mi esposa.

Abraham responded: “I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.

12 Aunque, en efecto, ella es mi hermana, hija de mi padre, pero no hija de mi madre. Así llegó a ser mi esposa.

Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.

13 Sucedió que cuando ʼElohim me hizo salir errante de casa de mi padre, yo le dije a ella: Tú me harás este favor. A todo lugar a donde lleguemos, dirás de mí: Él es mi hermano.

Then, after God led me out of my father’s house, I said to her: ‘You will show this mercy to me. In every place, to which we will travel, you will say that I am your brother.’”

14 Entonces Abimelec tomó un rebaño y una manada de ganado vacuno, esclavos y esclavas, se los dio a Abraham y le devolvió a su esposa Sara.

Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Luego Abimelec le dijo: Mira, mi tierra está delante de ti. Establécete donde te parezca bien.

And he said, “The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you.”

16 Y dijo a Sara: Mira, doy a tu hermano 1.000 piezas de plata. Ciertamente, esto será para ti como un velo ante los ojos de todos los que están contigo. Así quedas vindicada ante todos.

Then to Sarah he said: “Behold, I have given your brother one thousand silver coins. This will be for you as a veil for your eyes, to all who are with you and wherever you will travel. And so, remember that you were taken.”

17 Abraham oró a ʼElohim, y ʼElohim sanó a Abimelec, a su esposa y a sus esclavas, las cuales tuvieron hijos,

Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

18 pues Yavé había cerrado por completo toda matriz de la casa de Abimelec por causa de Sara, esposa de Abraham.

For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.