Génesis 26

1 Entonces llegó un tiempo de gran hambruna en la tierra, como el que había sido antes en los días de Abraham. E Isaac fue con Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, en Gerar.

Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],

2 Y el Señor vino a él en visión y le dijo: No desciendas a Egipto; mantente en la tierra de la cual te daré conocimiento:

but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!

3 Quédate en esta tierra, y yo estaré contigo y te doy mi bendición; porque a ti y a tu simiente daré todas estas tierras, dando cumplimiento al juramento que hice a tu padre Abraham;

Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.

4 Haré tu descendencia como las estrellas del cielo en número, y les daré todas estas tierras, y tu descendencia será bendición para todas las naciones de la tierra;

I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.

5 Porque Abraham escuchó mi voz y guardó mis palabras, mis reglas, mis órdenes y mis leyes.

I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]

6 Entonces Isaac siguió viviendo en Gerar;

[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].

7 Y cuando los hombres del lugar lo interrogaron acerca de su esposa, él dijo: Ella es mi hermana; temiendo decir: Ella es mi esposa; porque, dijo, los hombres del lugar me pueden matar por causa de Rebeca; porque ella es muy hermosa.

When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”

8 Y cuando estuvo allí un tiempo, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, mirando por la ventana, vio a Isaac jugando con Rebeca su mujer.

When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

9 Y él le dijo a Isaac: Está claro que ella es tu esposa: ¿por qué dijiste entonces: Ella es mi hermana? E Isaac dijo: Por temor a que me maten por causa de ella.

So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”

10 Entonces dijo Abimelec: ¿Qué nos has hecho? una de las personas bien podría haber acostado con tu esposa, y el pecado habría sido nuestro.

Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”

11 Y Abimelec ordenó a su pueblo que cualquiera que tocase a Isaac o su esposa fuera a morir.

Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”

12 Y Isaac, plantando simiente en aquella tierra, en el mismo año dio fruto cien veces más, porque la bendición del Señor estaba sobre él.

Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.

13 Y su riqueza se hizo muy grande, creciendo más y más;

Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.

14 porque tuvo gran riqueza de rebaños y vacas y gran número de siervos; de modo que los filisteos estaban llenos de envidia.

He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.

15 Y todos los pozos que los siervos de su padre habían hecho en los días de Abraham, habían sido tapados con tierra por los Filisteos.

So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.

16 Y dijo Abimelec a Isaac: Apártate de nosotros, porque eres más fuerte que nosotros.

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”

17 Y se fué Isaac de allí, y puso sus tiendas en el valle de Gerar, y moraba allí.

So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].

18 E hizo de nuevo los pozos de agua que habían sido hechos en los días de Abraham su padre, y que habían sido tapados por los Filisteos; y les dio los nombres que su padre les había dado.

There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.

19 Y los siervos de Isaac hicieron los pozos en el valle, y llegaron a un manantial de aguas corrientes.

Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

20 Pero los pastores de Gerar peleaban con los pastores de Isaac, porque decían: Él manantial es nuestro; y le dio al manantial el nombre de Esek, porque hubo una pelea al respecto.

But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.

21 Entonces hicieron otro pozo de agua, y hubo una pelea al respecto, por lo que le dio el nombre de Sitna.

Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.

22 Entonces él se fue de allí, e hizo otro pozo sobre la cual no hubo guerra, y le dio el nombre de Rehobot, porque dijo: Ahora el Señor nos ha hecho lugar, y nosotros lo haremos dar fruto en esta tierra.

They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”

23 Y de allí pasó a Beerseba.

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.

24 Esa noche el Señor vino a él en visión, y dijo: Yo soy el Dios de tu padre Abraham; no temas, porque yo estoy contigo, te bendice, y tu descendencia aumentará a causa de mi siervo Abraham.

The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”

25 Entonces él hizo un altar allí, y adoró el nombre del Señor, y allí puso allí sus tiendas, y allí sus siervos hicieron un pozo de agua.

So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.

26 Y Abimelec había venido a él desde Gerar, y Ahuzat su amigo y Ficol, el capitán de su ejército.

[While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.

27 Y les dijo Isaac: ¿Por qué viniste a mí, viendo que en tu odio por mí me enviaste lejos de ti?

Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”

28 Y ellos dijeron: Hemos visto claramente que él Señor fué contigo; y dijimos: Hágase juramento entre tu y nosotros, y hagamos pacto contigo;

One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,

29 que no nos harás daño, así como nosotros no te impusimos ninguna mano, y no hiciste nada más que bien, y te enviaremos en paz; y ahora la bendición del Señor está sobre ti.

stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”

30 Entonces él hizo un banquete para ellos, y todos ellos tenían comida y bebida.

So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.

31 Y a primera hora de la mañana juraron el uno al otro: luego Isaac los despidió, y ellos siguieron su camino en paz.

Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.

32 Y aquel día vinieron a él los siervos de Isaac, y le dieron aviso del pozo de agua que habían hecho, y le dijeron: Hemos encontrado las aguas.

That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”

33 Y le dio el nombre de Seba; y el nombre de aquella ciudad es Beer-seba hasta hoy.

Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].

34 Y cuando Esaú tenía cuarenta años, tomó por mujer a Judit, hija de Beeri Heteo, y Basemat, hija de Elón heteo;

When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].

35 Y tuvieron amarguras Isaac y Rebeca por causa de ellas.

Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.