Génesis 26

1 Hubo una hambruna en aquella tierra, además de aquella primera hambruna que hubo en los días de Abraham. Isaac fue a Gerar, donde Abimelec era rey de los filisteos.

Then, when a famine arose over the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.

2 Yavé se le apareció y le dijo: No bajes a Egipto. Vive en la tierra que Yo te diré.

And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you,

3 Habita temporalmente en esta tierra y estaré contigo. Te bendeciré, porque daré todas estas tierras a ti y a tu descendencia, y confirmaré el juramento que hice a tu padre Abraham.

and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.

4 Multiplicaré tu descendencia como las estrellas del cielo, y daré a tu descendencia todas estas tierras. Todas las naciones de la tierra serán bendecidas en tu descendencia,

And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

5 por cuanto Abraham escuchó mi voz y guardó mis Preceptos, mis Mandamientos, mis Estatutos y mis Leyes.

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed the ceremonies and the laws.”

6 Isaac habitó en Gerar.

And so Isaac remained in Gerar.

7 Los hombres de aquel lugar le preguntaron con respecto a su esposa, y él contestó: Ella es mi hermana, porque temió decir: Es mi esposa, pues pensó que los hombres del lugar lo matarían a causa de Rebeca, ya que ella era de hermosa apariencia.

And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife, he answered, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate, thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.

8 Después de estar allí bastante tiempo, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, al mirar por la ventana vio a Isaac, quien acariciaba a Rebeca su esposa.

And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place, Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window, saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.

9 Abimelec llamó a Isaac, y le dijo: Mira, ciertamente ella es tu esposa. ¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? E Isaac le respondió: Porque me dije: No sea que yo muera por causa de ella.

And summoning him, he said: “It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?” He answered, “I was afraid, lest I might die because of her.”

10 Abimelec preguntó: ¿Por qué nos hiciste esto? ¡Cuán fácilmente hubiera podido unirse alguno del pueblo con tu esposa y así habrías traído culpabilidad sobre nosotros!

And Abimelech said: “Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us.” And he instructed all the people, saying,

11 Por lo cual Abimelec mandó a todo su pueblo: El que toque a este hombre o a su esposa, ciertamente morirá.

“Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death.”

12 Isaac sembró en aquella tierra. Aquel mismo año cosechó ciento por uno, porque Yavé lo bendijo.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.

13 Aquel varón se engrandeció y continuó el engrandecimiento hasta hacerse muy poderoso.

And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great.

14 Tuvo rebaño de ovejas, hato de ganado vacuno y gran servidumbre, tanto que los filisteos le tuvieron envidia,

Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,

15 de modo que todos los pozos que cavaron los esclavos en días de su padre Abraham, los filisteos los cegaron. Los llenaron de tierra.

so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.

16 Y Abimelec dijo a Isaac: Apártate de nosotros porque eres mucho más poderoso que nosotros.

It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac, “Move away from us, for you have become very much more powerful than we.”

17 Isaac salió de allí y acampó en el valle de Gerar, y vivió allí.

And departing, he then went toward the torrent of Gerar, and he dwelt there.

18 Luego Isaac volvió a abrir los pozos de agua que cavaron en los días de su padre Abraham, y que los filisteos cegaron después de la muerte de Abraham. Los llamó con los mismos nombres que su padre les dio.

Again, he dug up other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and which, after his death, the Philistines had formerly obstructed. And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before.

19 Los esclavos de Isaac cavaron en el valle y encontraron allí un pozo de aguas vivas.

And they dug in the torrent, and they found living water.

20 Pero los pastores de Gerar riñeron con los pastores de Isaac y dijeron: El agua es nuestra. Por eso lo llamó del pozo Eseq, porque altercaron por él.

But in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac, by saying, “It is our water.” For this reason, he called the name of the well, because of what had happened, ‘Calumny.’

21 Abrieron otro pozo y también riñeron por él. Lo llamó Sitna.

Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, ‘Enmity.’

22 Entonces se apartó de allí y abrió otro pozo. Por éste no riñeron. Lo llamó Rehobot porque dijeron: Yavé nos hizo ensanchar, y fructificaremos en la tierra.

Advancing from there, he dug another well, over which they did not contend. And so he called its name, ‘Latitude,’ saying, “Now the Lord has expanded us and caused us to increase across the land.”

23 De allí subió a Beerseba.

Then he ascended from that place into Beersheba,

24 Aquella noche se le apareció Yavé, y le dijo: Yo soy el ʼElohim de tu padre Abraham. No temas, porque estoy contigo. Te bendeciré, y multiplicaré tu descendencia por amor a mi esclavo Abraham.

where the Lord appeared to him on the same night, saying: “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”

25 Entonces edificó allí un altar e invocó el Nombre de Yavé. Plantó allí su tienda y los esclavos de Isaac cavaron allí un pozo.

And so he built an altar there. And he invoked the name of the Lord, and he stretched out his tent. And he instructed his servants to dig a well.

26 Abimelec fue a él desde Gerar con su allegado Ahuzat y Ficol, capitán de su ejército.

When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the leader of the military, had arrived from Gerar to that place,

27 Isaac les dijo: ¿Por qué vienen a mí, si me aborrecieron y me echaron de entre ustedes?

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, a man whom you hate, and whom you have expelled from among you?”

28 Le respondieron: Ciertamente vimos que Yavé está contigo. Pensamos interponer un juramento solemne entre tú y nosotros, y concertar un pacto contigo

And they responded: “We saw that the Lord is with you, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us initiate a pact,

29 de que no nos harás daño, así como nosotros no te tocamos. Solo te hicimos bien y te despedimos en paz. Tú eres ahora el bendecido por Yavé.

so that you may not do us any kind of harm, just as we have touched nothing of yours, and have not caused any injury to you, but with peace we released you, augmented by the blessing of the Lord.”

30 Entonces él les ofreció un banquete, y comieron y bebieron.

Therefore, he made them a feast, and after the food and drink,

31 Por la mañana se levantaron temprano y se juramentaron el uno al otro. Al despedirlos Isaac, salieron de su lado en paz.

arising in the morning, they swore to one another. And Isaac sent them away peacefully to their own place.

32 Aquel mismo día sucedió que llegaron los esclavos de Isaac con las noticias del pozo que cavaron y le dijeron: ¡Encontramos agua!

Then, behold, on the same day the servants of Isaac came, reporting to him about a well which they had dug, and saying: “We have found water.”

33 Lo llamó Seba, por lo cual el nombre de aquella ciudad es Beerseba hasta hoy.

Therefore, he called it, ‘Abundance.’ And the name of the city was established as ‘Beersheba,’ even to the present day.

34 Esaú tenía 40 años de edad cuando tomó como esposa a Judit, hija del heteo Beeri, y a Bosemat, hija del heteo Elón.

In truth, at forty years of age, Esau took wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

35 Ellas fueron causa de mucha amargura para Isaac y Rebeca.

And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebekah.