Genesis 20

1 Abraham advanced from there into the southern land, and he lived between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.

Abraham emprendió viaje hacia el Neguev, y se quedó entre Cades y Sur. Después se mudó y se fue a vivir a Gerar.

2 And he said about his wife Sarah: “She is my sister.” Therefore, Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

Mientras vivía allí, cada vez que hablaba de Sara decía “Es mi hermana”. De modo que Abimelec, el rey de Gerar, mandó a llamar a Sara y la tomó para que fuera una de sus esposas.

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.”

Pero Dios se le apareció a Abimelec en un sueño, y le dijo: “¡Presta atención! Morirás, porque la mujer que has tomado ya está casada. Ella tiene un esposo”.

4 In truth, Abimelech had not touched her, and so he said: “Lord, would you put to death a people, ignorant and just?

Abimelec no había tocado a Sara, y preguntó: “Señor, ¿acaso tú matas a las personas buenas?

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.”

¿Acaso no me dijo el mismo Abraham ‘ella es mi hermana,’ y acaso no dijo ella misma ‘él es mi hermano’? ¡Hice esto siendo inocente y mi conciencia está limpia!”

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.

Dios le dijo en el sueño: “Sí, sé que hiciste esto con toda inocencia, y evité que pecaras contra mi. Por eso no permití que la tocaras.

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.”

Envía a esta mujer con su esposo. Él es un profeta, y orará por ti, y tú vivirás. Pero si no la envías de regreso, debes saber que tú y toda tu familia morirán”.

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.

Abimelec se levantó temprano a la mañana siguiente y reunió a todos sus sirvientes. Les explicó lo ocurrido, y todos estaban aterrorizados.

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.”

Entonces Abimelec mandó a llamar a Abraham y le preguntó: “¿Qué has venido a hacernos? ¿Qué mal te he hecho para que me trates de esta manera, trayendo este pecado terrible sobre mi y mi reino? ¡Has hecho cosas que nadie debería hacer!”

10 And remonstrating him again, he said, “What did you see, so that you would do this?”

Y Abimelec le preguntó a Abraham: “¿En qué estabas pensando cuando hiciste esto?”

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.

“Pues yo dije para mí: ‘Nadie respeta a Dios en este lugar. Me matarán para quedarse con mi esposa,’” respondió Abraham.

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.

“De cualquier modo, ella es mi hermana, porque es la hija de mi padre, pero no de mi madre, y yo me casé con ella.

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.’”

Ya que Dios me hizo dejar a mi familia, le dije: ‘Si de verdad me amas, dondequiera que vayas conmigo dirás: Él es mi hermano’”.

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.

Entonces Abimelec le dio a Abraham regalos de ovejas, rebaños, esclavos y esclavas, y le devolvió a Sara.

15 And he said, “The land is in your sight. Dwell wherever it will please you.”

Y le dijo: “Contempla mi tierra, y elige dónde quieres vivir”.

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.”

Y a Sara le dijo: “Ten en cuenta que le he dado a tu esposo mil piezas de plata. Esto es para compensar el mal que te hemos hecho ante los ojos de los que estaban contigo, y para que tu nombre quede limpio ante todos los demás”.

17 Then when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they gave birth.

Entonces Abraham oró a Dios, y Dios sanó a Abimelec ya su esposa; y también sanó a sus esclavas, a fin de que nuevamente pudieran engendrar hijos.

18 For the Lord had closed every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, the wife of Abraham.

Porque el Señor había hecho que las mujeres fueran infértiles porque se habían llevado a Sara, la esposa de Abraham.