Génesis 12
1 Y él Señor dijo a Abram: Vete de tu tierra, de tu familia y de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra a la cual yo te guiaré:
Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
2 Y haré de ti una nación grande, te bendeciré y engrandeceré tu nombre; y serás una bendición:
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
3 A los que sean buenos con ustedes, los bendeciré, y al que los maldijere, pondré mi maldición; y serán bendición para todas las familias de la tierra.
I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 Entonces Abram fue como el Señor le había dicho, y Lot fue con él: Abram tenía setenta y cinco años cuando se fue de Harán.
And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Y tomó Abram a Sarai, su mujer, y a Lot, hijo de su hermano, y todos sus bienes y los siervos que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron para ir a la tierra de Canaán.
And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,
6 Y Abram recorrió la tierra hasta que llegó a Siquem, donde está la encina sagrada de More. En ese momento, los cananeos aún vivían en la tierra.
Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was in the land.
7 Y el Señor vino a Abram y le dijo: Daré toda esta tierra a tu descendencia; entonces Abram hizo un altar allí al Señor que se había dejado ver por él.
Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 Y pasando de allí al monte al oriente de Betel, levantó su tienda, teniendo a Betel al occidente, y Hai al oriente; y edificó allí un altar, y adoró al nombre del Señor.
And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.
9 Y él continuó, viajando todavía hacia el Sur yendo hacia Neguev.
And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.
10 Y como había poca comida en aquella tierra, descendió a Egipto.
But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
11 Y cuando llegó cerca de Egipto, dijo a Sarai, su mujer: Verdaderamente, tú eres mujer hermosa y hermosa a la vista;
And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
12 Y tengo la certeza de que cuando te vean los varones de Egipto, dirán: Esta es su mujer, y me matarán y te guardarán.
And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.
13 Dí, entonces, que tu eres mi hermana, y me beneficiará a causa de ti, y mi vida estará a salvo en tu cuenta.
Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”
14 Y aconteció que cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los hombres de Egipto, mirando a la mujer, vieron que era hermosa.
And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 Y los grandes hombres de Faraón, habiéndola visto, dijeron palabras de alabanza a Faraón, y ella fue llevada a la casa de Faraón.
And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
16 y por causa de ella, fue bueno con Abram, y tenía ovejas, vacas, asnos, siervos, siervas y camellos.
In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Y él Señor envió grandes problemas a la casa de Faraón por causa de Sarai, la mujer de Abram.
But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
18 Entonces Faraón envió a buscar a Abram, y le dijo: ¿Qué me has hecho? ¿Por qué no dijiste que ella era tu esposa?
And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?
19 ¿Por qué dijiste que ella era tu hermana? para que la tomara por mi esposa: ahora, toma a tu esposa y continúa tu camino.
For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”
20 Y el Faraón dio orden a sus hombres, y ellos lo enviaron en su camino, con su mujer y todo lo que tenía.
And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.
