Génesis 15
1 Después de estas cosas vino la palabra del SEÑOR a Abram en visión, diciendo: No temas, Abram; yo soy tu escudo, y tu galardón será sobremanera grande.
Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of (anything/your enemies). I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”
2 Y respondió Abram: Señor DIOS ¿qué me has de dar, siendo así que yo ando solo, y el mayordomo de mi casa es el damasceno Eliezer?
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!”
3 Dijo más Abram: He aquí no me has dado simiente, y he aquí el hijo de mi casa me hereda.
Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
4 Y luego la palabra del SEÑOR vino a él diciendo: No te heredará éste, sino el que saldrá de tus entrañas, aquél te heredará.
Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.”
5 Y le sacó fuera, y dijo: Mira ahora a los cielos, y cuenta las estrellas, si las puedes contar. Y le dijo: Así será tu simiente.
Then Yahweh took Abram outside [of his tent] and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”
6 Y creyó al SEÑOR, y se lo contó por justicia.
Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
7 Y le dijo: Yo soy el SEÑOR, que te saqué de Ur de los caldeos, para darte a heredar esta tierra.
Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.”
8 Y él respondió: Señor DIOS ¿en qué conoceré que la tengo de heredar?
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
9 Y le dijo: Apártame una becerra de tres años, y una cabra de tres años, y un carnero de tres años, una tórtola también, y un palomino.
God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
10 Y tomó él todas estas cosas, y las partió por la mitad, y puso cada mitad una enfrente de otra; mas no partió las aves.
So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.
11 Y descendían aves sobre los cuerpos muertos, y las ojeaba Abram.
Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
12 Y fue que poniéndose el sol cayó sueño sobre Abram, y he aquí que un temor, una oscuridad grande cayó sobre él.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
13 Entonces dijo a Abram: Ten por cierto que tu simiente será peregrina en tierra no suya, y les servirán, y serán afligidos cuatrocientos años.
Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.
14 Mas también a la gente a quien servirán, juzgo yo; y después de esto saldrán con grande riqueza.
But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them.
15 Y tú vendrás a tus padres en paz, y serás sepultado en buena vejez.
But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
16 Y en la cuarta generación volverán acá; porque aun no está cumplida la maldad del amorreo hasta aquí.
After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.”
17 Y sucedió que puesto el sol, y hubo una oscuridad, y he aquí un horno de humo, y una antorcha de fuego que pasó por entre las mitades.
When the sun had set and it had become dark, [unexpectedly] a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals.
18 Aquel día hizo el SEÑOR pacto con Abram diciendo: A tu simiente daré esta tierra desde el río de Egipto hasta el río grande, el río Eufrates;
And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River.
19 al cineo, y al cenezeo, y al cadmoneo,
That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
20 al heteo, y al ferezeo, y al rafeo,
the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
21 y al amorreo, y al cananeo, y al gergeseo, y al jebuseo.
the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
