Génesis 22
1 Y aconteció después de estas cosas, que tentó Dios a Abraham, y díjole: Abraham: Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Y dijo: Toma ahora a tu hijo, tu único, que amas, Isaac, y vete a tierra de Moria; y ofrécele allí en holocausto sobre uno de los montes que yo te diré.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Y Abraham madrugó por la mañana, y enalbardó su asno, y tomó consigo dos mozos suyos, y a Isaac su hijo: y cortó leña para el holocausto; y levantóse, y fue al lugar que Dios le dijo.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Al tercero día alzó Abraham sus ojos, y vio el lugar de lejos.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Entonces dijo Abraham a sus mozos: Esperáos aquí con el asno, y yo y el muchacho iremos hasta allí, y adoraremos, y volveremos a vosotros.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Y tomó Abraham la leña del holocausto, y púsola sobre Isaac su hijo: y él tomó en su mano el fuego, y el cuchillo, y fueron ambos juntos.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Entonces Isaac habló a Abraham su padre, y dijo: Padre mío: Y él respondió: Heme aquí, mi hijo. Y él dijo: He aquí el fuego y la leña: mas ¿dónde está el cordero para el holocausto?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Y respondió Abraham: Dios proveerá para sí cordero para el holocausto, hijo mío. E iban ambos juntos.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Y como llegaron al lugar que Dios le había dicho, edificó allí Abraham un altar, y compuso la leña; y ató a Isaac su hijo, y púsole sobre el altar sobre la leña.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Y extendió Abraham su mano, y tomó el cuchillo, para degollar a su hijo.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Entonces el ángel de Jehová le dio voces del cielo, y dijo: Abraham, Abraham. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Y dijo: No extiendas tu mano sobre el muchacho, ni le hagas nada; que ahora conozco que temes a Dios, que no me rehusaste a tu hijo, tu único.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Entonces alzó Abraham sus ojos, y miró, y he aquí un carnero a sus espaldas trabado en una mata por sus cuernos: y fue Abraham, y tomó el carnero, y ofreciólo en holocausto en lugar de su hijo.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Y llamó Abraham el nombre de aquel lugar; Jehová verá. Por tanto se dice hoy del monte: Jehová verá.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 Y llamó el ángel de Jehová a Abraham la segunda vez desde el cielo,
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 Y dijo: Por mí mismo he jurado, dijo Jehová, que por cuanto has hecho esto, que no rehusaste a tu hijo, a tu único,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 Que bendiciendo te bendeciré, y multiplicando multiplicaré tu simiente como las estrellas del cielo, y como la arena que está a la ribera de la mar; y tu simiente poseerá las puertas de sus enemigos:
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 En tu simiente serán benditas todas las naciones de la tierra, por cuanto obedeciste a mi voz.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Y tornóse Abraham a sus mozos, y levantáronse, y fuéronse juntos a Beer-seba; y habitó Abraham en Beer-seba.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Y aconteció después de estas cosas, que fue dada nueva a Abraham, diciendo: He aquí que también Melca ha parido hijos a Nacor tu hermano;
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 A Hus su primogénito, y a Buz su hermano, y a Camuel padre de Aram,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 Y a Cased, y a Asau, y a Feldas, y a Jedlaf, y a Batuel.
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Y Batuel engendró a Rebeca. Estos ocho parió Melca a Nacor hermano de Abraham.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Y su concubina, que se llamaba Reuma, parió también a Tabee, y a Gaham, y a Tahas, y a Maaca.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
