Génesis 20

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Desde allí, Abraham se trasladó a la zona del Négueb y se estableció entre Cades y Sur. Después fue a Guerar, para quedarse allí por un tiempo.	1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.
2 Abraham decía de Sara, su esposa: «Es mi hermana». Entonces Abimélec, el rey de Guerar, mandó que le llevaran a Sara.	2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
3 Pero esa noche, Dios se presentó en sueños a Abimélec y le dijo: «Tú vas a morir a causa de la mujer que has tomado, porque es casada».	3 Then God came to Abimelech through a dream in the night, and he said to him: “Lo, you shall die because of the woman that you have taken. For she has a husband.”
4 Abimélec, que no había convivido con ella, le respondió: «Señor mío, ¿vas a quitarle la vida a una persona inocente?	4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?
5 ¿Acaso su marido no me dijo que era su hermana? ¿Y ella no lo confirmó, diciendo que él era su hermano? Yo lo hice de buena fe y con las manos limpias».	5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and did she not say, ‘He is my brother?’ In the sincerity of my heart and the purity of my hands, I have done this.”
6 Dios le respondió durante el sueño: «Ya sé que lo hiciste de buena fe. Por eso, yo mismo evité que pecaras contra mí, impidiendo que la tocaras.	6 And God said to him: “And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.
7 Pero ahora, devuélvele la mujer a ese hombre. El es un profeta, y va a interceder en tu favor, para que salves tu vida. Si no se la devuelves, ten la plena seguridad de que morirás, tú y todos los tuyos».	7 Now therefore, return his wife to the man, for he is a prophet. And he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you are not willing to return her, know this: you shall die a death, you and all that is yours.”
8 A la madrugada del día siguiente, Abimélec llamó a todos sus servidores y les contó lo que había sucedido. Y ellos sintieron un gran temor.	8 And immediately Abimelech, rising up in the night, called all his servants. And he spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were very afraid.
9 Entonces Abimélec llamó a Abraham y le dijo: «¿Qué nos has hecho? ¿En qué te he ofendido, para que nos expusieras, a mí y a mi reino, a cometer un pecado tan grave? Tú has hecho conmigo lo que no se debe».	9 Then Abimelech called also for Abraham, and he said to him: “What have you done to us? How have we sinned against you, so that you would bring so great a sin upon me and upon my kingdom? You have done to us what you ought not to have done.”
10 Y añadió: «¿Qué te proponías al proceder de esa manera»».	10 And remonstrating him again, he said, “What did you see, so that you would do this?”
11 Abraham respondió: «Yo pensaba que seguramente en ese lugar no había temor de Dios, y que me matarían a causa de mi mujer.	11 Abraham responded: “I thought to myself, saying: Perhaps there is no fear of God in this place. And they will put me to death because of my wife.
12 Por otra parte, ella es realmente mi hermana, hija de mi padre aunque no de mi madre, y se ha casado conmigo.	12 Yet, in another way, she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, and not the daughter of my mother, and I took her as a wife.
13 Por eso, cuando Dios me hizo andar errante, lejos de mi casa paterna, le dije: «Tienes que hacerme este favor: cualquiera sea el lugar donde lleguemos, dirás que soy tu hermano».	13 Then, after God led me out of my father’s house, I said to her: ‘You will show this mercy to me. In every place, to which we will travel, you will say that I am your brother.’ ”
14 Abimélec tomó ovejas y vacas, esclavos y esclavas, y se los dio a Abraham; y también le devolvió a Sara, su esposa.	14 Therefore, Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men servants and women servants, and he gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 Después le dijo: «Mi país está a su disposición: radícate donde mejor te parezca».	15 And he said, “The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you.”
16 Y a Sara le dijo: «He dado mil monedas de plata a tu hermano. Esto eliminará toda sospecha contra ti en aquellos que están contigo, y tú quedarás enteramente rehabilitada».	16 Then to Sarah he said: “Behold, I have given your brother one thousand silver coins. This will be for you as a veil for your eyes, to all who are with you and wherever you will travel. And so, remember that you were taken.”
17 Abraham intercedió delante de Dios, y Dios curó a Abimélec, a su mujer y a sus sirvientas, que volvieron a tener hijos.	17 Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.
18 Porque Dios había hecho estéril el seno de todas las mujeres en la casa de Abimélec, a causa de Sara, la esposa de Abraham	18 For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.