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Genesis 18 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El Señor se apareció a Abraham junto a las encinas de Mamre, mientras él estaba sentado a la entrada de su tienda a la hora más calurosa del día.
1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 Abraham levantó la vista y vio a tres hombres de pie cerca de él. Cuando los vio, corrió desde la entrada de la tienda a recibirlos y se inclinó rostro en tierra.
2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3 Dijo: «Señor mío, si cuento con tu favor, no pases de largo sin detenerte con tu siervo.
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 Permitan que traigan un poco de agua para lavarles los pies. Descansen bajo el árbol.
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 Traeré un poco de pan para que recuperen fuerzas. Después podrán seguir su camino, ya que han pasado por donde está su siervo». Ellos respondieron: «Haz como has dicho».
5 I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
6 Abraham fue rápidamente a la tienda y dijo a Sara: «Toma enseguida tres medidas de harina y prepara panes».
6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 Luego corrió al ganado, escogió un ternero joven y bueno, y se lo dio a un siervo, que lo preparó rápidamente.
7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8 Abraham tomó mantequilla, leche y el ternero preparado, y los puso delante de ellos. Mientras comían, él permaneció de pie junto a ellos bajo el árbol.
8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
9 Ellos le preguntaron: «¿Dónde está Sara, tu mujer?». Abraham respondió: «Está en la tienda».
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 Uno de ellos dijo: «Volveré a ti en la primavera, y Sara, tu mujer, tendrá un hijo». Sara escuchaba desde la entrada de la tienda, detrás de él.
10 He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 Abraham y Sara eran ya muy ancianos, y Sara había pasado la edad de tener hijos.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Sara se rio para sí y pensó: «Ahora que soy vieja, ¿todavía tendré este placer, siendo también viejo mi esposo?».
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 Entonces el Señor dijo a Abraham: «¿Por qué se rio Sara y dijo: “¿De verdad podré tener un hijo siendo tan vieja?”?
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 ¿Hay algo demasiado difícil para el Señor? En el tiempo señalado, en la primavera, volveré a ti y Sara tendrá un hijo».
14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Sara tuvo miedo y dijo: «Yo no me reí». Pero él respondió: «Sí, te reíste».
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 Los hombres se levantaron y miraron hacia Sodoma. Abraham los acompañó parte del camino.
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 Entonces el Señor dijo: «¿Voy a ocultar a Abraham lo que estoy por hacer?
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 Abraham llegará a ser una nación grande y fuerte, y todas las naciones de la tierra recibirán bendición por medio de él.
18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 Lo he tomado para mí para que mande a sus hijos y a sus descendientes que sigan los caminos del Señor, haciendo lo bueno y lo justo. Así el Señor cumplirá con Abraham lo que ha prometido».
19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
20 El Señor dijo: «El clamor contra Sodoma y Gomorra es muy grande, y su pecado es muy grave.
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 Bajaré para ver si sus acciones son tan malas como indica el clamor que ha llegado hasta mí. Así sabré la verdad».
21 I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
22 Los hombres se volvieron de allí y fueron hacia Sodoma, pero Abraham permaneció delante del Señor.
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 Abraham se acercó y dijo: «¿Destruirás al justo junto con el pecador?
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 Supongamos que haya cincuenta justos en la ciudad. ¿Destruirás el lugar y no lo perdonarás por causa de los cincuenta justos que están allí?
24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25 Lejos de ti hacer algo así: matar al justo junto con el pecador, tratando a los dos de la misma manera. ¿No hará lo justo el Juez de toda la tierra?».
25 May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 El Señor respondió: «Si encuentro cincuenta justos en la ciudad de Sodoma, perdonaré todo el lugar por causa de ellos».
26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Abraham dijo: «Me he atrevido a hablar al Señor, aunque solo soy polvo.
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 Supongamos que falten cinco para llegar a cincuenta justos. ¿Destruirás toda la ciudad por faltar esos cinco?». El Señor respondió: «No la destruiré si encuentro cuarenta y cinco».
28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29 Abraham volvió a hablar: «¿Y si hay cuarenta?». El Señor respondió: «No lo haré por causa de los cuarenta».
29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
30 Abraham dijo: «No se enoje el Señor si sigo hablando. ¿Y si hay treinta?». El Señor respondió: «No lo haré si encuentro treinta».
30 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham dijo: «Me he atrevido a hablar al Señor. ¿Y si hay veinte?». El Señor respondió: «No la destruiré por causa de los veinte».
31 He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
32 Finalmente Abraham dijo: «No se enoje el Señor. Hablaré solo una vez más. ¿Y si hay diez?». El Señor respondió: «No la destruiré por causa de los diez».
32 He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
33 Cuando terminó de hablar con Abraham, el Señor se fue, y Abraham regresó a su casa.
33 Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Sarah
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 14:13; Genesis 13:18; Genesis 48:3; Acts 7:2; Genesis 26:2
- 2 Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 19:1; Judges 13:3; Genesis 23:7
- 4 Genesis 43:24; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 19:2; Luke 7:44; 1 Samuel 25:41
- 5 Psalm 104:15; Judges 6:18; Judges 13:15; Matthew 6:11; Judges 19:5
- 6 Matthew 13:33; Galatians 5:13; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2; Luke 10:38–40
- 7 Judges 13:15–16; Matthew 22:4; Luke 15:27; Amos 6:4; Luke 15:30
- 8 Genesis 19:3; Acts 10:41; Judges 13:15; John 12:2; Revelation 3:20
- 9 Titus 2:5; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 4:9; Genesis 31:33
- 10 Genesis 21:2; Genesis 17:21; Romans 9:8–9; Genesis 17:19; 2 Kings 4:16–17
- 11 Genesis 17:17; Hebrews 11:11–12; Luke 1:36; Romans 4:18–21; Leviticus 15:19
- 12 1 Peter 3:6; Genesis 17:17; Luke 1:18–20; Genesis 21:6–7; Luke 1:34–35
- 13 John 2:25
- 14 Luke 1:37; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Jeremiah 32:27; Ephesians 3:20
- 15 Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:8; Ephesians 4:23; Psalm 44:21; John 18:25–27
- 16 Acts 21:5; Acts 15:3; Acts 20:38; 3 John 6; Romans 15:24
- 17 Amos 3:7; Psalm 25:14; John 15:15; Genesis 19:24; James 2:23
- 18 Galatians 3:8; Genesis 26:4; Galatians 3:14; Genesis 12:2–3; Genesis 22:17–18
- 19 1 Timothy 3:4–5; Deuteronomy 6:6–7; Deuteronomy 4:9–10; Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15
- 20 Genesis 19:13; Ezekiel 16:49–50; Isaiah 3:9; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 4:10
- 21 Exodus 3:8; Genesis 11:5; Joshua 22:22; Zephaniah 1:12; Deuteronomy 8:2
- 22 Genesis 19:1; 1 Timothy 2:1; Acts 7:55; Ezekiel 22:30; Jeremiah 18:20
- 23 Numbers 16:22; 2 Samuel 24:17; Genesis 20:4; Genesis 18:25; Psalm 11:4–7
- 24 Jeremiah 5:1; Isaiah 1:9; Matthew 7:13–14; Genesis 18:32; Acts 27:24
- 25 Job 8:20; Job 8:3; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 58:11; Deuteronomy 32:4
- 26 Jeremiah 5:1; Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 22:30; Isaiah 10:22
- 27 Isaiah 6:5; Genesis 3:19; Luke 5:8; Isaiah 64:8; Job 30:19
- 28 Genesis 18:26; Job 23:3–4; Numbers 14:17–19; Genesis 18:29; 1 Kings 20:32–33
- 29 Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 4:16
- 30 Psalm 10:17; Job 40:4; Isaiah 55:8–9; Hebrews 12:28–29; Psalm 89:7
- 31 Luke 11:8; Matthew 7:7; Hebrews 10:20–22; Hebrews 4:16; Luke 18:1
- 32 James 5:15–17; Judges 6:39; Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:15–16; Ephesians 3:20
- 33 Genesis 32:26; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 18:16; Genesis 31:55
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Abraham was specially honoured, and was called the friend of God; yet he, earnestly regarding the glory of God, humbly declared, "I am but dust and ashes." Moreover, it is thus written of Job, "Job was a righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." But bringing an accusation against himself, he said, "No …
Still suffer me to speak before Thy mercy--me, "dust and ashes." Suffer me to speak, for, behold, it is Thy mercy I address, and not derisive man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
So likewise He doth in Abraham's case, saying, "I will by no means hide from Abraham my servant;" to make thee know that man's kindly affection, and his care for Sodom.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
A great and honourable man was Abraham, but only great in comparison with men; and when he came before God, then speaking the truth candidly he saith, I am earth and ashes.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
I should seem tedious were I to recount all the ancient miracles, which were wrought in attestation of God's promises which He made to Abraham thousands of years ago, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. For who can but marvel that Abraham's barren wife should have given birth to a son at an …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)