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.

Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],

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

but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!

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.

Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to 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,

I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.

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

I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]

6 Isaac habitó en Gerar.

[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].

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.

When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”

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.

When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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.

So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get 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!

Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”

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

Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”

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

Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.

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

Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.

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

He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people 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 all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.

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

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”

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

So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live 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.

There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.

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

Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh 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 other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.

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

Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.

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.

They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”

23 De allí subió a Beerseba.

From there Isaac went up to 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.

The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”

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.

So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.

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

[While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.

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

Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”

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

One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,

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.

stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”

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

So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.

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

Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.

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

That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”

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

Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].

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

When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].

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

Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.