Génesis 37
1 Habitó Jacob en la tierra de las peregrinaciones de su padre, en la tierra de Canaán.
Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
2 He aquí la historia de Jacob. Cuando José tenía diez y siete años, apacentaba con sus hermanos los rebaños, y por ser todavía joven, estaba con los hijos de Bilhá y los hijos de Silfá, mujeres de su padre; y dio José noticia de la mala fama que ellos tenían.
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, tended the flock with his brothers; he was an assistant to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report about them to their father.
3 Israel amaba a José más que a todos sus hermanos, por ser el hijo de su vejez; y le había hecho un traje talar.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he had been born to him in his old age. And he made a long ornamented robe for him.
4 Viendo, pues, sus hermanos que su padre le amaba más que a todos sus hermanos, cobraron tal odio contra él que no podían hablarle en paz.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak a kind word to him.
5 Tuvo José un sueño, que contó a sus hermanos, por lo cual le odiaron más todavía.
Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 Les dijo: “Escuchad este sueño que he soñado.
He said to them, "Please listen to this dream I had:
7 Estábamos atando gavillas en el campo, y vi cómo se levantaba mi gavilla y se mantenía derecha, mientras que vuestras gavillas la rodeaban, y se postraban ante mi gavilla.”
And look, we were binding sheaves in the field, and look, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And look, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf."
8 Le dijeron sus hermanos: “¿Quieres acaso reinar sobre nosotros o dominarnos por completo?” De modo que le odiaron aún más a causa de sus sueños y sus palabras.
Then his brothers said to him, "Will you indeed reign over us? Or will you indeed rule over us?" So they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said.
9 Tuvo, además otro sueño, y lo contó a sus hermanos diciendo: “Mirad, he tenido otro sueño más: el sol y la luna y once estrellas se postraban delante de mí.”
And he had another dream, and told it to his father and to his brothers, and said, "Look, I had yet another dream, and look, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."
10 Lo contó a su padre y a sus hermanos, por lo cual su padre le reprendió, diciendo: “¿Qué sueño es este que has soñado? ¿Debemos acaso venir, yo y tu madre y tus hermanos, y postrarnos en tierra delante de ti?”
When he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him, and said to him, "What is this dream that you had? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and bow down to the ground in front of you?"
11 Y sus hermanos le tenían envidia, mas su padre reflexionaba sobre lo sucedido.
His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept thinking about the matter.
12 Los hermanos de José fueron a apacentar los rebaños de su padre en Siquem,
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
13 y dijo Israel a José: “¿No están tus hermanos pastoreando en Siquem? Ven, que te enviaré a donde ellos están.” Le respondió: “Heme aquí.”
And Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers pasturing the flock near Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I am ready."
14 Y dijo: “Anda, y ve cómo están tus hermanos y cómo se halla el ganado, y tráeme noticias.” Así le envió desde el valle de Hebrón, y (José) se fue a Siquem.
So he said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and report back to me." So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 Y cuando andaba errante por el campo le encontró un hombre, el cual le preguntó: “¿Qué estás buscando?”
And a man found him, and look, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"
16 Contestó: “Busco a mis hermanos; dime por favor, dónde están pastoreando.”
He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock."
17 Dijo el hombre; “Se han ido de aquí, pues les oí decir: ‘Vamos a Dotain’.” Con esto se marchó José en busca de sus hermanos, y los halló en Dotain.
The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
18 Cuando ellos le vieron desde lejos, ya antes que llegase a ellos, buscaron cómo matarle dolosamente,
Now they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them they plotted against him to kill him.
19 diciéndose uno a otro: “Mirad, ahí viene ese soñador.
And they said to one another, "Look, this dreamer is coming.
20 Vamos a matarle y arrojarle en una de estas cisternas; y diremos que una fiera lo ha devorado; entonces veremos qué será de sus sueños.”
Come now, and let's kill him and throw him into one of the cisterns, and we will say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we will see what will become of his dreams."
21 Rubén, que oyó esto, trató de librarlo de sus manos, diciendo: “No le quitemos la vida.”
But Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hands, and said, "Let's not take his life."
22 Y los exhortó Rubén: “No derraméis sangre; arrojadlo en esta cisterna que está en el desierto, mas no pongáis en él la mano”, (esto decía) para librarlo de su mano, a fin de devolverlo a su padre.
Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"—that he might deliver him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.
23 Con todo, cuando José llegó a sus hermanos, le despojaron de su túnica, el traje talar que traía puesto;
It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his robe, the long ornamented robe that he was wearing.
24 y tomándolo lo arrojaron en la cisterna. La cisterna estaba vacía, no había agua en ella.
And they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the pit was empty. There was no water in it.)
25 Después se sentaron a comer, y levantando los ojos vieron una caravana de ismaelitas que venía de Galaad, y cuyos camellos llevaban especias y bálsamo y resina para transportarlos a Egipto.
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And they looked up, and look, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
26 Entonces dijo Judá a sus hermanos: “¿Qué ganaremos con matar a nuestro hermano y ocultar su sangre?
Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 Vamos, vendámoslo a los ismaelitas y no pongamos en él nuestra mano; pues es nuestro hermano, carne nuestra.” Sus hermanos estaban de acuerdo,
Come, and let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our flesh." And his brothers agreed.
28 y cuando pasaron los mercaderes madianitas, sacaron a José, alzándole de la cisterna. Y vendieron a José por veinte piezas de plata a los ismaelitas, que le llevaron a Egipto.
So the Midianites merchants passed by, and they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the cistern, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph to Egypt.
29 Cuando Rubén volvió a la cisterna y vio que José no estaba en la cisterna, rasgó sus vestidos,
And Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph wasn't in the cistern; and he tore his clothes.
30 y volviéndose a sus hermanos, les dijo: “El niño no aparece; ahora, ¿adónde voy yo?”
He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone. Now, what am I to do?"
31 Mas ellos tomaron la túnica de José, degollaron un macho cabrío, empaparon la túnica en la sangre,
They took Joseph's robe and killed a male goat and dipped the robe in the blood.
32 y enviaron el traje talar a su padre, diciendo: “Esto hemos hallado; comprueba, pues, si es o no la túnica de tu hijo.”
And they sent the long ornamented robe and they brought it to their father, and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."
33 Y él la reconoció y dijo: “Es la túnica de mi hijo; una fiera lo ha devorado. Despedazado, despedazado ha sido José.”
And he recognized it, and said, "It is my son's robe. A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."
34 Y rasgó Jacob sus vestidos, puso un saco sobre sus lomos e hizo duelo por su hijo muchos días.
Then Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 Todos sus hijos y todas sus hijas vinieron a consolarle; mas él no quiso ser consolado, sino que dijo: “Por tristeza bajaré adonde está mi hijo, al scheol.” Así lo lloró su padre. (Sheol h7585)
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Indeed, I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning." And his father wept for him. (Sheol h7585)
36 Los madianitas le vendieron en Egipto a Putifar, eunuco del Faraón, jefe de la guardia.
Now the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
