Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Génesis 12
1Dijo Yahvé a Abram: “Sal de tu tierra, y de tu parentela, y de la casa de tu padre, al país que Yo te mostraré. Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.2Pues de ti haré una nación grande y te bendeciré; haré grande tu nombre, y serás una bendición. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.3Bendeciré a quienes te bendigan y maldeciré a quienes te maldigan; y en ti serán benditas todas las tribus de la tierra.” I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”4Marchó, pues, Abram, como se lo había mandado Yahvé; y con él partió Lot. Tenía Abram setenta y cinco años cuando salió de Harán. And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.5Tomó Abran a Sarai su mujer, y a Lot, hijo de su hermano, con toda la hacienda que poseían, y con las familias que habían procreado en Harán. Partieron para dirigirse a la tierra de Canaán y llegaron a la tierra de Canaán. And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,6Atravesó Abran el país hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta la encina de Moré. Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was in the land.7Entonces se apareció Yahvé a Abram y dijo: “A tu descendencia daré esta tierra.” Allí erigió un altar a Yahvé que se le había aparecido. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.8Pasó de allí a la montaña, al oriente de Betel, donde asentó su tienda, teniendo a Betel al occidente y Hai al oriente. Allí construyó un altar a Yahvé en invocó el nombre de Yahvé. And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.9Después levantó Abram su tienda y se dirigió en etapas hacia el Négueb. And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.10Mas hubo hambre en el país, por lo cual Abram bajó a Egipto para morar allí, pues era grande el hambre en el país. But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.11Estando ya próximo a entrar en Egipto, dijo a Sarai, su mujer: “Mira, yo sé que eres mujer hermosa; And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.12por eso, cuando te vean los egipcios, dirán: “Esta es su mujer”; y me matarán a mí, y a ti te dejarán la vida.” And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.13Di, pues, te ruego, que eres mi hermana, a fin de que me vaya bien por causa tuya, y sea salva mi vida por amor de ti.” Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”14Efectivamente, cuando Abram entró en Egipto, vieron los egipcios que la mujer era muy hermosa. And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.15Viéronla también los cortesanos del Faraón, los cuales se la alabaron al Faraón, de modo que la mujer fue llevada al palacio del Faraón. And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.16Este trató a Abram muy bien por causa de ella; y se le dieron ovejas y ganados y asnos y siervos y siervas y asnas y camellos. In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.17Mas Yahvé hirió al Faraón con grandes plagas, a él y a su casa, por Sarai, la mujer de Abram. But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.18Entonces llamó el Faraón a Abram, y le dijo: “¿Qué es lo que has hecho conmigo? ¿Por qué no me dijiste que era tu mujer? And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?19¿Por qué afirmaste: “Es mi hermana”, de manera que yo la tomé por mujer? Ahora, pues, ahí tienes a tu mujer; tómala y anda.” For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”20Y el Faraón dio orden respecto de él a sus hombres, los cuales despidieron a él y a su mujer, con todo cuanto poseía. And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.