Génesis 12

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Yahveh dijo a Abram: «Vete de tu tierra, y de tu patria, y de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra que yo te mostraré.	1 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.
2 De ti haré una nación grande y te bendeciré. Engrandeceré tu nombre; y sé tú una bendición.	2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
3 Bendeciré a quienes te bendigan y maldeciré a quienes te maldigan. Por ti se bendecirán todos los linajes de la tierra.»	3 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.”
4 Marchó, pues, Abram, como se lo había dicho Yahveh, y con él marchó Lot. Tenía Abram 75 años cuando salió de Jarán.	4 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.
5 Tomó Abram a Saray, su mujer, y a Lot, hijo de su hermano, con toda la hacienda que habían logrado, y el personal que habían adquirido en Jarán, y salieron para dirigirse a Canaán. Llegaron a Canaán,	5 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,
6 y Abram atravesó el país hasta el lugar sagrado de Siquem, hasta la encina de Moré. Por entonces estaban los cananeos en el país.	6 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.
7 Yahveh se apareció a Abram y le dijo: «A tu descendencia he de dar esta tierra.» Entonces él edificó allí un altar a Yahveh que se le había aparecido.	7 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.
8 De allí pasó a la montaña, al oriente de Betel, y desplegó su tienda, entre Betel al occidente y Ay al oriente. Allí edificó un altar a Yahveh e invocó su nombre.	8 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.
9 Luego Abram fue desplazándose por acampadas hacia el Négueb.	9 And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.
10 Hubo hambre en el país, y Abram bajó a Egipto a pasar allí una temporada, pues el hambre abrumaba al país.	10 But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
11 Estando ya próximo a entrar en Egipto, dijo a su mujer Saray: «Mira, yo sé que eres mujer hermosa.	11 And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
12 En cuanto te vean los egipcios, dirán: “Es su mujer”, y me matarán a mí, y a ti te dejarán viva.	12 And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.
13 Di, por favor, que eres mi hermana, a fin de que me vaya bien por causa tuya, y viva yo en gracia a ti.»	13 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.”
14 Efectivamente cuando Abram entró en Egipto, vieron los egipcios que la mujer era muy hermosa.	14 And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 Viéronla los oficiales de Faraón, los cuales se la ponderaron, y la mujer fue llevada al palacio de Faraón.	15 And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
16 Este trató bien por causa de ella a Abram, que tuvo ovejas, vacas, asnos, siervos, siervas, asnas y camellos.	16 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.
17 Pero Yahveh hirió a Faraón y a su casa con grandes plagas por lo de Saray, la mujer de Abram.	17 But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
18 Entonces Faraón llamó a Abram, y le dijo: «¿Qué es lo que has hecho conmigo? ¿Por qué no me avisaste de que era tu mujer?	18 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 dijiste: “Es mi hermana”, de manera que yo la tomé por mujer? Ahora, pues, he ahí a tu mujer: toma y vete.»	19 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.”
20 Y Faraón ordenó a unos cuantos hombres que le despidieran a él, a su mujer y todo lo suyo.	20 And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.