Genesis 12
1 And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.
Pero Yavé dijo a Abram: Vete de tu tierra, de tu parentela y de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra que te mostraré.
2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
Haré de ti una nación grande y te bendeciré. Engrandeceré tu nombre y serás bendición.
3 And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Bendeciré a los que te bendigan, y maldeciré al que te maldiga. En ti serán bendecidas todas las familias de la tierra.
4 And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
Entonces Abram salió como Yavé le habló, y Lot fue con él. Abram tenía 75 años cuando salió de Harán.
5 And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
Abram tomó a Saray, su esposa, a Lot, hijo de su hermano, todos los bienes que había acumulado y las personas que había conseguido en Harán. Salieron para ir a la tierra de Canaán y llegaron allá.
6 And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.
Abram atravesó aquella tierra hasta el lugar de Siquem, hasta el roble de Moré. El cananeo estaba entonces en aquella tierra.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
Yavé apareció a Abram y le dijo: A tu descendencia daré esta tierra. Entonces edificó allí un altar a Yavé, Quien se le apareció.
8 And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
De allí se trasladó a la montaña al oriente de Bet-ʼEl, y plantó su tienda entre Bet-ʼEl al occidente y Hai al oriente. Luego edificó allí un altar a Yavé e invocó el Nombre de Yavé.
9 And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
Después Abram salió y se dirigió progresivamente hacia el Neguev.
10 And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
Hubo una hambruna en la tierra. Abram descendió a Egipto para peregrinar allá, pues la hambruna era severa en la tierra.
11 And it came to pass when Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman.
Sucedió que cuando se acercaba para entrar a Egipto, le dijo a su esposa Saray: Mira, eres mujer de hermosa apariencia.
12 It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you alive.
Sucederá que cuando los egipcios te vean, dirán: Esta es su esposa. Entonces me matarán, y a ti te dejarán vivir.
13 Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
Te ruego, dí que eres mi hermana para que me traten bien por causa de ti, y así, por tu favor, salve mi vida.
14 And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
Sucedió que al llegar Abram a Egipto, los egipcios vieron que la mujer era hermosísima.
15 that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
Los ministros de Faraón la vieron y la alabaron ante Faraón. La mujer fue llevada a casa de Faraón,
16 And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
quien favoreció a Abram por causa de ella. Tuvo rebaño, ganado vacuno y asnos, también esclavos y esclavas, asnas y camellos.
17 And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.
Pero por causa de Saray, esposa de Abram, Yavé afligió a Faraón y a su familia con grandes plagas.
18 And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your wife?
Entonces Faraón llamó a Abram y le dijo: ¿Qué es esto que me hiciste? ¿Por qué no me declaraste que ella es tu esposa?
19 Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.
¿Por qué dijiste: Es mi hermana? Pues yo la tomé para mí como mujer, y ahora, mira, es tu esposa. ¡Tómala y vete!
20 And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
Faraón dio órdenes a sus hombres respecto a él, y lo sacaron escoltado con su esposa y todo lo que poseía.
