Genesis 16

1 Up to that time, Abram’s wife Sarai had not given birth to any children for Abram. But she had a female slave from Egypt, whose name was Hagar.

Sarai, la esposa de Abram, no había podido darle hijos. Sin embargo, ella poseía una esclava egipcia cuyo nombre era Agar,

2 [So one day] Sarai said to Abram, “Listen to me! Yahweh has not allowed me to become pregnant. So (sleep with/have sex with) [EUP] my slave Hagar. Perhaps she will bear children whom I can consider to be mine.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said.

así que Sarai le dijo a Abram: “Por favor, escúchame. El Señor no me permite tener hijos. Así que por favor ve y acuéstate con mi esclava. Depronto así podré tener una familia por medio de ella”. Abram aceptó la sugerencia de Sarai.

3 So Abram (slept with/had sex with) Hagar, his wife Sarai’s slave from Egypt. This happened ten years after they went to live in Canaan [land]. Sarai gave Hagar to her husband to be his secondary wife.

Así que Sarai, la esposa de Abram, tomó a su esclava egipcia Agar, y se la entregó a su esposo como su esposa. Abram había estado viviendo en la tierra de Canaán por diez años cuando esto sucedió.

4 He (slept with/had sex with) [EUP] Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress Sarai.

Abram se acostó con Agar y ella quedó embarazada. Cuando ella se dio cuenta de que estaba embarazada, comenzó a tratar a Sarai con desdén.

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “It is your fault! I put my servant into your arms, so that you could sleep with her [EUP]. Now she realizes that she is pregnant, and she despises me. I think Yahweh will punish you for doing this to me!”

Entonces Sarai se quejó con Abram: “¡Esto que estoy sufriendo es por tu culpa! Te entregué a mi esclava para que te acostaras con ella, y ahora que sabe que está embarazada me trata con menosprecio. ¡Que el Señor decida entre los dos quién es el culpable, si tú o yo!”

6 So Abram said to Sarai, “[You listen to me]! She is your servant, so act towards her in the way you consider best.” Then Sarai started to mistreat her, so she ran away from Sarai.

“¡Es tu esclava!” respondió Abram. “Puedes hacer con ella lo que quieras”. Y Sarai trataba a Agar con tanta crueldad, que Agar huyó.

7 An angel of Yahweh found her as she was near a spring of water in the desert. It was the spring that was alongside the road to Shur.

Entonces el ángel del Señor vino al encuentro de Agar junto un manantial en el desierto que está de camino al sur.

8 He said to her, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I have run away from Sarai, my mistress.”

Y le preguntó: “¿De dónde vienes, Agar, esclava de Sarai, y hacia dónde vas?” “Estoy huyendo de mi señora Sarai”, respondió Agar.

9 The angel said, “Go back to your mistress and be under her authority [MTY]”.

“Vuelve a donde tu señora y obedécele”, le dijo el ángel del Señor.

10 The angel also said to her, “I will enable you to bear so many descendants that no one will be able to count them!”

Y continuó diciendo: “Yo te daré muchos descendientes, y serán tantos que no podrán contarse”.

11 The angel also said to her, “[Listen to this!] You are pregnant. You will give birth to a son. You must name him Ishmael, [which means ‘God hears]’, because Yahweh has heard you crying because you feel so miserable.

Y siguió diciéndole: “Escucha, ahora estás embarazada y tendrás un hijo. Le pondrás por nombre Ismael, porque el Señor ha escuchado cuánto has sufrido.

12 But your son will be as uncontrollable as a wild donkey [MET]. He will oppose everyone, and everyone will oppose him [MTY]. He will live far away from his relatives [SYN].”

Él será como un asno salvaje, que peleará con todos, y todos pelearán con él. Siempre estará en discordia con sus familiares”.

13 Then Hagar realized that the angel was really Yahweh, so she said to herself, “(It is difficult to believe that I have really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me!/Have I really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me?)” [RHQ] So she called him ‘Yahweh, the one who sees me’.

Desde ese momento, Agar clamó al Señor que habló con ella: “Eres el Dios que me ve”, porque ella dijo: “Aquí vi al que me ve”.

14 That is why people call the well there ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, [which means, ‘The well of the living one who sees us’!] It is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

Es por ese que ese pozo se llama “el pozo del Ser Viviente que me ve”. Aún existe entre Cades y Béred.

15 So Hagar later gave birth to a son for Abram, and she gave to her son the name Ishmael.

Agar dio a luz un hijo para Abram, y Abram le puso por nombre Ismael.

16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son Ishmael.

Cuando Agar tuvo a Ismael, Abram tenían 86 años.