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Genesis 37 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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1 Jacob vivía en la tierra de Canaán, donde su padre había vivido como extranjero.

1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.

2 Esta es la historia de la familia de Jacob. José tenía diecisiete años y cuidaba las ovejas con sus hermanos, los hijos de Bilha y Zilpa, mujeres de su padre. José contaba a su padre las cosas malas que hacían sus hermanos.

2 This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.

3 Israel amaba a José más que a sus otros hijos, porque lo había tenido en su vejez. Por eso le hizo una túnica larga.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.

4 Cuando sus hermanos vieron que su padre lo amaba más que a ellos, llegaron a odiarlo y no podían hablarle con amabilidad.

4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him.

5 Una vez José tuvo un sueño y se lo contó a sus hermanos. Entonces ellos lo odiaron aún más.

5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.

6 José les dijo: «Escuchen el sueño que tuve.

6 He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

7 Estábamos en el campo atando manojos de grano. De pronto mi manojo se levantó y quedó derecho, y los manojos de ustedes se reunieron alrededor del mío y se inclinaron ante él».

7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.”

8 Sus hermanos le dijeron: «¿Acaso vas a ser nuestro rey? ¿Vas a gobernarnos?». Y lo odiaron aún más por sus sueños y por lo que decía.

8 His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words.

9 Después tuvo otro sueño y también se lo contó a sus hermanos. Dijo: «Tuve otro sueño. El sol, la luna y once estrellas se inclinaban ante mí».

9 He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”

10 Cuando se lo contó a su padre y a sus hermanos, su padre lo reprendió: «¿Qué significa ese sueño? ¿Acaso tu madre, tus hermanos y yo vendremos a inclinarnos ante ti hasta el suelo?».

10 He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?”

11 Sus hermanos le tenían envidia, pero su padre guardó estas cosas en su memoria.

11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.

12 Un día sus hermanos fueron a cuidar las ovejas de su padre cerca de Siquem.

12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

13 Israel dijo a José: «Tus hermanos están cuidando las ovejas en Siquem. Quiero enviarte a verlos». José respondió: «Aquí estoy».

13 Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

14 Israel le dijo: «Ve y mira si tus hermanos están bien y si el ganado está bien. Luego vuelve y cuéntame». Así lo envió desde el valle de Hebrón, y José llegó a Siquem.

14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 Un hombre lo encontró andando por el campo y le preguntó: «¿Qué buscas?».

15 A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

16 José respondió: «Busco a mis hermanos. Por favor, dime dónde están cuidando sus rebaños».

16 He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”

17 El hombre dijo: «Ya se fueron de aquí. Los oí decir: “Vamos a Dotán”». Entonces José siguió a sus hermanos y los encontró en Dotán.

17 The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

18 Ellos lo vieron desde lejos y, antes de que llegara, hicieron planes para matarlo.

18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

19 Se decían unos a otros: «¡Miren! Ahí viene el soñador.

19 They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.

20 Vamos a matarlo y a echarlo en uno de estos pozos. Diremos que un animal salvaje lo mató. Entonces veremos qué pasa con sus sueños».

20 Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

21 Cuando Rubén oyó esto, trató de salvarlo y dijo: «No le quitemos la vida».

21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

22 Luego añadió: «No derramen sangre. Échenlo en uno de estos pozos del desierto, pero no le hagan daño». Rubén decía esto porque quería salvarlo y devolverlo a su padre.

22 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 hand, to restore him to his father.

23 Cuando José llegó, sus hermanos le quitaron la túnica larga que llevaba.

23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;

24 Lo tomaron y lo echaron en un pozo. El pozo estaba vacío y no tenía agua.

24 and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

25 Luego se sentaron a comer. Al levantar la vista, vieron una caravana de ismaelitas que venía de Galaad rumbo a Egipto. Sus camellos llevaban especias y perfumes.

25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 Judá dijo a sus hermanos: «¿Qué ganamos con matar a nuestro hermano y ocultar su sangre?

26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

27 Vendámoslo a los ismaelitas y no le hagamos daño, porque es nuestro hermano, nuestra propia carne». Sus hermanos estuvieron de acuerdo.

27 Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him.

28 Cuando pasaron unos comerciantes madianitas, sacaron a José del pozo y lo vendieron a los ismaelitas por veinte piezas de plata. Ellos llevaron a José a Egipto.

28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 Cuando Rubén volvió al pozo y vio que José no estaba allí, rasgó su ropa en señal de dolor.

29 Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

30 Volvió a sus hermanos y dijo: «¡El muchacho ya no está! ¿Qué voy a hacer ahora?».

30 He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?”

31 Entonces mataron un cabrito, tomaron la túnica de José y la empaparon en sangre.

31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

32 Llevaron la túnica a su padre y dijeron: «Encontramos esto. Mira si es la túnica de tu hijo».

32 They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.”

33 Jacob la reconoció y dijo: «Es la túnica de mi hijo. Un animal salvaje lo mató. Sin duda José fue despedazado».

33 He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.”

34 Jacob rasgó su ropa, se vistió de tela áspera y lloró por su hijo durante muchos días.

34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

35 Todos sus hijos y sus hijas trataron de consolarlo, pero él no quiso ser consolado. Decía: «Seguiré llorando hasta que muera y vaya a reunirme con mi hijo». Así lloró su padre por José.

35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.

36 Mientras tanto, en Egipto, los madianitas vendieron a José a Potifar, un alto funcionario del faraón.

36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.

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Joseph
Ruler in Egypt
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
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Potiphar
Pharaoh's captain of the guard
An Egyptian officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard who bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, put him in charge of his household, and had him thrown into prison after his wife's…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1; Genesis 39:4
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Quotes verse 37:28 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXVII)
Because Joseph was sold into Egypt by his brethren. That Joseph whom the brethren envied, and sold him into Egypt, when sold into Egypt, toiled, was humbled; when made known and exalted, flourished, reigned.
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