Génesis 37
1 Y Jacob estaba viviendo en la tierra donde su padre se había hecho un lugar, en la tierra de Canaán.
Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously.
2 Estas son las generaciones de Jacob: José, un niño de diecisiete años, estaba cuidando el rebaño, junto con sus hermanos, los hijos de Bilha y Zilpa, las esposas de su padre; y José le contó la mala fama de ellos a su padre.
(This is/I will now tell you) what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s (concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives). Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing.
3 Ahora bien, el amor que Israel tuvo por José fue mayor que su amor por todos sus otros hijos, porque lo había procreado cuando era viejo: y le hizo una túnica de muchos colores para él.
Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.
4 Y como sus hermanos vieron que José era más querido por su padre que todos los demás, se llenaron de odio hacia él, y no le dijeron una palabra amable.
When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him.
5 Ahora José tuvo un sueño, y le contó a sus hermanos, lo que hizo que su odio fuera más grande que nunca.
One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream.
6 Y él les dijo: Permítanme contarles la historia de mi sueño.
He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had!
7 Estábamos en el campo, juntando manojos de grano, y mi manojo de grano se levantó en posición vertical, y los de ustedes vinieron y se postraron alrededor sobre la tierra ante mi manojo.
In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!”
8 Y sus hermanos le dijeron: ¿Eres tú nuestro Rey? ¿Tendrás autoridad sobre nosotros? Y debido a su sueño y sus palabras, su odio por él se hizo más grande que nunca.
His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you [saying that some day] you are going to be our king?” [RHQ] They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream.
9 Entonces él tuvo otro sueño, y dio a sus hermanos un informe de él, diciendo: He tenido otro sueño: el sol, la luna y once estrellas me dieron honor.
Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!”
10 Y dio aviso de esto a su padre y a sus hermanos; pero su padre protestando dijo: ¿Qué clase de sueño es este? ¿tu y tu madre y tus hermanos vamos a postrarnos sobre la tierra ante ti?
He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream [RHQ]? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” [RHQ]
11 Y sus hermanos estaban llenos de envidia; pero su padre mantuvo sus palabras en mente.
Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.
12 Y sus hermanos fueron a cuidar el rebaño de su padre en Siquem.
One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem.
13 Entonces Israel dijo a José: ¿No son tus hermanos con las ovejas en Siquem? Ven, te enviaré a ellos. Y él le dijo: Heme aquí.
Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem [RHQ]. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.”
14 Y él le dijo: Ve ahora, y mira si tus hermanos están bien y cómo está el ganado; luego regresa y dame la palabra. Entonces lo envió fuera del valle de Hebrón, y vino a Siquem.
Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from [the valley where they were living], the valley where Hebron is located, [to go north] to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem [city],
15 Y un hombre lo vio deambular por el campo, y le dijo: ¿Qué estás buscando?
while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?”
16 Y él dijo: Estoy buscando a mis hermanos; por favor dame la palabra de dónde están guardando su rebaño.
Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?”
17 Y el hombre dijo: Se han ido de aquí, porque dijeron en mi presencia: Vayamos a Dotán. Entonces José los siguió y los subió a Dotan.
The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan [town].’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan.
18 Pero ellos lo vieron cuando estaba lejos, y antes de acercarse a ellos, hicieron una señal secreta contra él para matarlo;
But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him.
19 Diciéndose el uno al otro, Mira, aquí viene ese soñador.
They said to each other [things like], “Here comes that dreamer!”
20 Vamos a matarlo y poner su cuerpo en uno de estos pozos, y diremos: una bestia malvada lo ha matado; entonces veremos qué es lo que sucede con sus sueños.
and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will (find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true)!”
21 Pero Rubén, oyendo estas palabras, lo libró de sus manos, diciendo: No tomemos su vida.
Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.
22 No lo pongas a una muerte violenta, sino échenlo en un de los pozos; esto dijo para salvarle la vida de sus manos, con el propósito de llevarlo nuevamente a su padre.
Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him [MTY].” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father.
23 Y cuando llegó José a sus hermanos, le quitaron la túnica de colores que tenía puesto;
So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves.
24 Y ellos lo tomaron y lo pusieron en el pozo; ahora el pozo no tenía agua.
Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it.
25 Y sentándose ellos, tomaron la comida; y al levantar los ojos, vieron a un grupo de ismaelitas que viajaba, que venían de Galaad en camino a Egipto, con especias y perfumes en sus camellos.
After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a (caravan/group [of traders]), descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there.
26 Y Judá dijo a sus hermanos: ¿Qué provecho hay en matar a nuestro hermano y en cubrir su sangre?
Judah said to his [older and younger] brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, (what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!) [RHQ]
27 En vez de matarlo, lo vendemos a los ismaelitas, porque él es nuestro hermano, nuestra carne. Y sus hermanos lo escucharon.
So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that.
28 Y algunos mercaderes de Madián pasaron; y sacando a José del pozo, lo dieron a los ismaelitas por veinte monedas de plata, y lo llevaron a Egipto.
When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Y cuando Rubén volvió al pozo, José no estaba allí; y desgarró la ropa,
When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes.
30 Regresó a donde estaban sus hermanos y dijo: El niño se ha ido; ¿Qué voy a hacer?
He went back to his [younger] brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” [RHQ]
31 Entonces tomaron el manto de José, y le pusieron un poco de la sangre de un cabrito que habían matado,
[Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened]. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood.
32 Y tomaron el abrigo á su padre, y dijeron: Hemos hallado esto; ¿es la túnica de su hijo o no?
They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?”
33 Y viendo que era, dijo: Es la túnica de mi hijo; una malvada bestia lo ha matado; sin duda, José ha llegado a un final cruel.
He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!”
34 Entonces Jacob, dando señales de dolor, se vistió de cilicio y siguió llorando por su hijo día tras día.
Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on (sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died). He mourned/cried for his son for many days.
35 Y todos sus hijos y todas sus hijas vinieron para consolarlo, pero él no se consoló, diciendo seguiré de luto hasta que muera y me reúna con los muertos con mi hijo. Tan grande fue el dolor de su padre por él. (Sheol h7585)
All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. (Sheol h7585)
36 Y en Egipto los varones de Madián le dieron por precio a Potifar, capitán de alto rango en la casa de Faraón.
In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king.
