Génesis 20

1 Y partió Abraham de allí a la tierra del sur, y estaba viviendo entre Cades y Sur, en Gerar.

Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live in Gerar.

2 Y Abraham dijo de Sara, su mujer, que ella es mi hermana; y envió Abimelec rey de Gerar, y tomó a Sara.

During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.

3 Pero Dios vino a Abimelec en sueños en la noche, y le dijo: Verdaderamente eres hombre muerto a causa de la mujer que has tomado; porque ella es la esposa de un hombre.

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”

4 Y Abimelec no se había acercado a ella; y él dijo: Señor, ¿matarás a una nación recta?

Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?

5 ¿No me dijo él mismo, ella es mi hermana? y ella misma dijo: Él es mi hermano: con un corazón recto y manos limpias he hecho esto.

Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”

6 Y Dios le dijo en sueños: Veo que has hecho esto con rectitud de corazón, y yo te he guardado de pecar contra mí; por eso no dejé que te acercaras a ella.

God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.

7 Así que ahora, devuelve al hombre a su esposa, porque él es un profeta, y orará por ti, para que tu vida esté a salvo; pero si no la devuelves, asegúrate de que la muerte viene a ti y a toda tu casa.

Send the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don't send her back to him, you should know for sure that you and all your family will die.”

8 Entonces Abimelec se levantó temprano en la mañana, y envió en busca de todos sus siervos, y les dio aviso de estas cosas, y estaban llenos de temor.

Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants together. He explained everything that had happened, and they were all terrified.

9 Entonces Abimelec envió a llamar a Abraham, y le dijo: ¿Qué nos has hecho? ¿Qué mal te he hecho que me has puesto sobre mí y sobre mi reino, un pecado tan grande? Me has hecho cosas que no se deben hacer.

Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and asked him “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you should treat me like this, bringing this terrible sin on me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that no one should ever do!”

10 Entonces Abimelec dijo a Abraham: ¿Por qué hiciste esto?

Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”

11 Y Abraham dijo: Porque me parecía que no había temor de Dios en este lugar, y que podían matarme por mi esposa.

“Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.

12 Y, de hecho, ella es mi hermana, la hija de mi padre, pero no la hija de mi madre; y ella se convirtió en mi esposa:

“Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.

13 Y cuando Dios me envió errante desde la casa de mi padre, le dije: Deja que esta sea la señal de tu amor por mí; Donde quiera que vayamos, decir de mí, Él es mi hermano.

Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He's my brother.’”

14 Entonces Abimelec dio a Abraham ovejas y vacas, y siervos y siervas, y le devolvió a su mujer Sara.

Then Abimelech gave Abraham gifts of sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Y dijo Abimelec: Mira, toda mi tierra está delante de ti; toma el lugar que te parezca mejor.

Abimelech told him, “Look over my land. You can choose to live anywhere you like.”

16 Y él dijo a Sara: He aquí, he dado a tu hermano mil piezas de plata para defender tu buena fama; ahora tu honor es claro a los ojos de todos.

Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”

17 Entonces Abraham oró a Dios, y Dios hizo sanó a Abimelec, a su mujer y a sus siervas, y tuvieron hijos.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, so that they could have children again.

18 Porque el Señor había impedido que todas las mujeres de la casa de Abimelec tuvieran hijos, por causa de Sara, la mujer de Abraham.

For the Lord had made all the women unable to have children because Abraham's wife, Sarah, had been taken.