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 Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
2 Y haré de ti una nación grande, te bendeciré y engrandeceré tu nombre; y serás una bendición:
I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
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/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
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.
So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
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.
Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
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.
In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that 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 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh 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.
From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
9 Y él continuó, viajando todavía hacia el Sur yendo hacia Neguev.
Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
10 Y como había poca comida en aquella tierra, descendió a Egipto.
There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
11 Y cuando llegó cerca de Egipto, dijo a Sarai, su mujer: Verdaderamente, tú eres mujer hermosa y hermosa a la vista;
Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very 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.
When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill 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.
So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
14 Y aconteció que cuando Abram llegó a Egipto, los hombres de Egipto, mirando a la mujer, vieron que era hermosa.
And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very 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.
When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
16 y por causa de ella, fue bueno con Abram, y tenía ovejas, vacas, asnos, siervos, siervas y camellos.
The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
17 Y él Señor envió grandes problemas a la casa de Faraón por causa de Sarai, la mujer de Abram.
But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
18 Entonces Faraón envió a buscar a Abram, y le dijo: ¿Qué me has hecho? ¿Por qué no dijiste que ella era tu esposa?
When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that 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.
Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here 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.
Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
