Génesis 12

BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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 And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of they father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
2 De ti haré una nación grande y te bendeciré. Engrandeceré tu nombre; y sé tú una bendición.	2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt 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 them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth 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 So Abram went out as the Lord had commanded him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went forth 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 Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all the substance which they had gathered, and the souls which they had gotten in Haran: and they went out to go into the land of Chanaan. And when they were come into 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 country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time 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 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him: To thy seed will I give this land. And he built there 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 thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east; he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
9 Luego Abram fue desplazándose por acampadas hacia el Négueb.	9 And Abram went forward, going, and proceeding on to 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 And there came a famine in the country; and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in 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 near to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife: I know that thou art 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 that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they will say: She is his wife: and they will kill me, and keep thee.
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 Say, therefore, I pray thee, that thou art my sister: that I may be well used for thee, and that my soul may live for thy sake.
14 Efectivamente cuando Abram entró en Egipto, vieron los egipcios que la mujer era muy hermosa.	14 And when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the woman that she was very 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 told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.
16 Este trató bien por causa de ella a Abram, que tuvo ovejas, vacas, asnos, siervos, siervas, asnas y camellos.	16 And they used Abram well for her sake. And he had sheep and oxen, and he asses, and menservants and maidservants, and she asses, 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 Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.
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 Pharao called Abram, and said to him: What is this that thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy 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 cause didst thou say, she was thy sister, that I might take her to my wife? Now therefore, there is thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 Y Faraón ordenó a unos cuantos hombres que le despidieran a él, a su mujer y todo lo suyo.	20 And Pharao gave his men orders concerning Abram: and they led him away, and his wife, and all that he had.