Génesis 20

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

Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.

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

While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.

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 during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”

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

But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?

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.

He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”

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 said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with 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.

Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly 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.

Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].

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.

Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”

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

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

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

Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’

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:

Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, 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.

Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”

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

So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he 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.

And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place 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.

And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”

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’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.

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.

This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.