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Génesis 21
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Génesis 21
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Nacimiento de Isaac
21 Entonces el Señor prestó atención a Sara como había dicho(A), e hizo el Señor por Sara como había prometido[a]. 2 Sara concibió y dio a luz un hijo a Abraham(B) en su vejez, en el tiempo señalado que Dios le había dicho(C). 3 Abraham le puso el nombre de Isaac(D) al hijo que le nació, que le dio Sara.
4 A los ocho días Abraham circuncidó a su hijo Isaac, como Dios le había mandado(E). 5 Abraham tenía 100 años cuando le nació su hijo Isaac(F).
6 Sara dijo: «Dios me ha hecho reír[b](G); cualquiera que lo oiga se reirá conmigo[c]». 7 Y añadió: «¿Quién le hubiera dicho a Abraham que Sara amamantaría hijos? Pues bien, le he dado un hijo en su vejez(H)».
Agar e Ismael expulsados
8 El niño creció y fue destetado, y Abraham hizo un gran banquete el día que Isaac fue destetado. 9 Pero Sara vio al hijo que Agar la egipcia(I) le había dado a Abraham burlándose de[d] su hijo Isaac[e](J). 10 Por eso le dijo a Abraham: «Echa fuera a esta sierva y a su hijo, porque el hijo de esta sierva no ha de ser heredero junto con mi hijo Isaac[f](K)».
11 El asunto angustió a Abraham en gran manera[g](L) por tratarse de su hijo. 12 Pero Dios dijo a Abraham: «No te angusties[h] por el muchacho ni por tu sierva. Presta atención a[i] todo lo que Sara te diga, porque por Isaac será llamada tu descendencia[j](M). 13 También del hijo de la sierva haré una nación(N), por ser tu descendiente[k]».
14 Se levantó, pues, Abraham muy de mañana, tomó pan y un odre de agua y los dio a Agar poniéndoselos sobre el hombro, y le dio el muchacho y la despidió. Y ella se fue y anduvo errante por el desierto de Beerseba. 15 Cuando el agua del odre se acabó, ella dejó[l] al muchacho debajo de uno de los arbustos. 16 Entonces ella fue y se sentó enfrente, como a un tiro de arco de distancia, porque dijo: «Que no vea yo morir al[m] niño». Y se sentó enfrente y alzó su voz y lloró(O).
17 Dios oyó la voz del muchacho que lloraba(P); y el ángel de Dios llamó a Agar desde el cielo, y le dijo: «¿Qué tienes, Agar? No temas(Q), porque Dios ha oído la voz del muchacho en donde está. 18 Levántate, alza al muchacho y sostenlo con tu mano, porque Yo haré de él una gran nación(R)».
19 Entonces Dios abrió los ojos de ella(S), y vio un pozo de agua(T). Fue y llenó el odre de agua y dio de beber al muchacho. 20 Dios estaba con el muchacho(U), que creció y habitó en el desierto y se hizo arquero. 21 Y habitó en el desierto de Parán(V), y su madre tomó para él una mujer de la tierra de Egipto.
Pacto entre Abraham y Abimelec
22 Aconteció por aquel tiempo que Abimelec, con[n] Ficol, jefe de su ejército(W), habló a Abraham: «Dios está contigo(X) en todo lo que haces. 23 Ahora pues, júrame aquí por Dios que no obrarás falsamente conmigo, ni con mi descendencia, ni con mi posteridad(Y), sino que conforme a la bondad que te he mostrado, así me mostrarás a mí y a la tierra en la cual has residido». 24 «Yo lo juro», le dijo Abraham.
25 Pero Abraham se quejó[o] a Abimelec a causa de un pozo de agua del cual los siervos de Abimelec se habían apoderado(Z). 26 Y Abimelec dijo: «No sé quién haya hecho esto, ni tú me lo habías hecho saber, ni yo lo había oído hasta[p] hoy». 27 Abraham tomó ovejas y vacas y se los dio a Abimelec, y los dos hicieron un pacto(AA).
28 Entonces Abraham puso aparte siete corderas del rebaño. 29 Abimelec dijo a Abraham: «¿Qué significan estas siete corderas que has puesto aparte?». 30 Y Abraham respondió: «Tomarás estas siete corderas de mi mano para que esto me sirva de testimonio(AB) de que yo cavé este pozo». 31 Por lo cual llamó aquel lugar Beerseba[q](AC), porque allí juraron los dos.
32 Hicieron, pues, un pacto en Beerseba. Se levantó Abimelec con Ficol, jefe de su ejército, y regresaron a la tierra de los filisteos. 33 Abraham plantó un tamarisco en Beerseba, y allí invocó el nombre del Señor(AD), el Dios eterno(AE). 34 Y peregrinó Abraham en la tierra de los filisteos por muchos días(AF).
Footnotes
- 21:1 Lit. hablado.
- 21:6 Lit. Dios ha hecho risa para mí.
- 21:6 Lit. por mí.
- 21:9 O jugando con.
- 21:9 Así en la versión gr. (sept.); el T.M. omite: de su hijo Isaac.
- 21:10 Lit. con mi hijo, con Isaac.
- 21:11 Lit. fue muy gravoso en los ojos de Abraham.
- 21:12 Lit. No sea esto gravoso a tus ojos.
- 21:12 Lit. oye su voz en.
- 21:12 Lit. simiente.
- 21:13 Lit. simiente.
- 21:15 Lit. echó.
- 21:16 Lit. la muerte del.
- 21:22 Lit. y.
- 21:25 Lit. reconvino.
- 21:26 Lit. excepto.
- 21:31 I.e. Pozo del Juramento.
Genesis 21
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Genesis 21
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The Birth of Isaac
21 Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah(A) as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.(B) 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son(C) to Abraham in his old age,(D) at the very time God had promised him.(E) 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac[a](F) to the son Sarah bore him. 4 When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him,(G) as God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old(H) when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,(I) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” 7 And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”(J)
Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away
8 The child grew and was weaned,(K) and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast. 9 But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham(L) was mocking,(M) 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman(N) and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”(O)
11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.(P) 12 But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring[b] will be reckoned.(Q) 13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation(R) also, because he is your offspring.”
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(S) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.(T)
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she[c] began to sob.(U)
17 God heard the boy crying,(V) and the angel of God(W) called to Hagar from heaven(X) and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid;(Y) God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.(Z)”
19 Then God opened her eyes(AA) and she saw a well of water.(AB) So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy(AC) as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran,(AD) his mother got a wife for him(AE) from Egypt.
The Treaty at Beersheba
22 At that time Abimelek(AF) and Phicol the commander of his forces(AG) said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.(AH) 23 Now swear(AI) to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants.(AJ) Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”(AK)
24 Abraham said, “I swear it.”
25 Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.(AL) 26 But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”
27 So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.(AM) 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, 29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
30 He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness(AN) that I dug this well.(AO)”
31 So that place was called Beersheba,[d](AP) because the two men swore an oath(AQ) there.
32 After the treaty(AR) had been made at Beersheba,(AS) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(AT) returned to the land of the Philistines.(AU) 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(AV) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(AW) the Eternal God.(AX) 34 And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines(AY) for a long time.
Footnotes
- Genesis 21:3 Isaac means he laughs.
- Genesis 21:12 Or seed
- Genesis 21:16 Hebrew; Septuagint the child
- Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.
Genesis 21
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Genesis 21
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Isaac is Born
21 The Lord came to Sarah, just as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah conceived and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the very time that God had told him.
3 Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac—the very one whom Sarah bore for him! 4 On the eighth day after his son Isaac had been born,[a] Abraham circumcised him, just as God had commanded him. 5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
6 Now Sarah had said, “God has caused me to laugh,[b] and all who hear about it[c] will laugh with me.” 7 She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse sons? Yet I have given birth to a son in my husband’s[d] old age!”
Hagar and Ishmael Leave
8 The child grew and eventually was weaned, so Abraham threw a tremendous banquet on the very day Isaac was weaned. 9 Nevertheless, when Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian—whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—making fun of Isaac,[e] 10 she told Abraham, “Throw out this slave girl, along with her son, because this slave’s son will never be a co-heir with my son Isaac!”
11 Abraham was very troubled about what was being said about his son, 12 but God told Abraham, “Don’t be troubled about the youth and your slave girl. Pay attention to Sarah in everything she tells you, because your offspring are to be named through Isaac. 13 Nevertheless, I will make the slave girl’s son into a nation, since he, too, is your offspring.”
14 So early the next morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a leather bottle of water, gave them to Hagar, and placed them on her shoulder. He then sent her away, along with the child. She went off and roamed in the Beer-sheba wilderness. 15 Eventually, the water in the leather bottle ran out, so she placed the child under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat by herself about a distance of a bowshot away, because she kept saying to herself, “I can’t bear to watch the child die!” That’s why she sat a short distance away, crying aloud and weeping.
The Lord Rescues Hagar and Ishmael
17 God heard the boy’s voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven. He asked her, “What’s wrong with you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the youth where he is. 18 Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants.”[f] 19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went, filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink. 20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He settled in the wilderness and became an expert archer. 21 Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
A Covenant with Abimelech
22 About that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, told Abraham, “God is with you in everything that you’re doing. 23 Therefore swear an oath here by God that you won’t deal falsely with me, my sons, or my descendants. Just as I’ve dealt graciously with you, won’t you do so with me and with the land in which you live as a foreigner?”
24 And Abraham replied, “I agree!” 25 But then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26 “I don’t know who did this thing,” Abimelech replied. “You didn’t report this to me, and I didn’t hear about it until today.”
27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and presented them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. 28 Then Abraham set aside seven ewe lambs, 29 so Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set aside?”
30 He replied, “You are to accept from me these seven ewe lambs as a witness that I have dug this well.” 31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.[g] 32 So after they had made a covenant in Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to Philistine territory.
33 Abraham[h] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord God Everlasting. 34 After this, Abraham resided as a foreigner in Philistine territory for a long period of time.
Footnotes
- Genesis 21:4 Lit. Isaac was a son of eight days when
- Genesis 21:6 The Heb. name Isaac means laughter
- Genesis 21:6 The Heb. lacks about it
- Genesis 21:7 Lit. in his
- Genesis 21:9 The Heb. lacks of Isaac
- Genesis 21:18 Lit. of him
- Genesis 21:31 The name Beer-sheba in Heb. means well of the seven-fold oath
- Genesis 21:33 Lit. He
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