Génesis 20

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

Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.

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

While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.

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.

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”

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

But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?

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.

He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”

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.

God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with 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, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”

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.

Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].

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!

Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”

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

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing 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 replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’

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

Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.

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.

Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my 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.

So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and 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 Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”

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.

And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”

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

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.

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

This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.