Genesis · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Genesis 42 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Cuando Jacob supo que había grano en Egipto, dijo a sus hijos: «¿Por qué se quedan mirándose unos a otros?
1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
2 He oído que hay grano en Egipto. Bajen allá y compren alimento para nosotros, para que vivamos y no muramos».
2 He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
3 Entonces diez hermanos de José bajaron a Egipto para comprar grano.
3 Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4 Pero Jacob no envió con ellos a Benjamín, hermano de José, porque temía que le sucediera algún daño.
4 But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
5 Así los hijos de Israel fueron a comprar grano junto con otros que iban a Egipto, porque había hambre en la tierra de Canaán.
5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 José era el gobernador de Egipto y el que vendía grano a toda la gente. Cuando sus hermanos llegaron, se inclinaron delante de él rostro en tierra.
6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
7 José reconoció a sus hermanos en cuanto los vio, pero fingió no conocerlos y les habló con dureza: «¿De dónde vienen?». Ellos respondieron: «De la tierra de Canaán, para comprar alimento».
7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
8 José reconoció a sus hermanos, pero ellos no lo reconocieron.
8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
9 Entonces José recordó los sueños que había tenido acerca de ellos y les dijo: «Ustedes son espías. Han venido a ver las partes débiles del país».
9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
10 Ellos respondieron: «No, señor. Tus siervos han venido a comprar alimento.
10 They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
11 Todos somos hijos de un mismo padre. Somos hombres honrados; tus siervos no son espías».
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
12 Pero José dijo: «No. Han venido a ver las partes débiles del país».
12 He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
13 Ellos respondieron: «Tus siervos somos doce hermanos, hijos de un mismo hombre en la tierra de Canaán. El menor está ahora con nuestro padre, y otro ya no está».
13 They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
14 José les dijo: «Es como les dije: son espías.
14 Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
15 Los pondré a prueba de esta manera: tan cierto como que vive el faraón, no saldrán de aquí a menos que venga su hermano menor.
15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 Envíen a uno de ustedes a buscarlo. Los demás quedarán presos. Así veremos si lo que dicen es verdad. Si no, tan cierto como que vive el faraón, ustedes son espías».
16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
17 Entonces los puso juntos bajo custodia durante tres días.
17 He put them all together into custody for three days.
18 Al tercer día José les dijo: «Hagan esto y vivirán, porque yo temo a Dios.
18 Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
19 Si son hombres honrados, que uno de ustedes quede preso aquí. Los demás pueden llevar grano para alimentar a sus familias.
19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
20 Pero deben traerme a su hermano menor. Así quedará probado que dicen la verdad y no morirán». Ellos aceptaron.
20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
21 Se decían unos a otros: «En verdad somos culpables por lo que hicimos a nuestro hermano. Vimos su angustia cuando nos rogaba que tuviéramos misericordia, pero no quisimos escucharlo. Por eso nos ha venido esta desgracia».
21 They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
22 Rubén respondió: «¿No les dije que no pecaran contra el muchacho? Pero no me escucharon. Ahora se nos pide cuentas por su sangre».
22 Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
23 Ellos no sabían que José los entendía, porque hablaba con ellos por medio de un intérprete.
23 They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
24 José se apartó de ellos y lloró. Después volvió y habló con ellos. Tomó a Simeón y lo hizo atar delante de ellos.
24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
25 José ordenó que llenaran sus sacos de grano, que devolvieran el dinero de cada uno dentro de su saco y que les dieran alimento para el viaje. Así se hizo.
25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
26 Ellos cargaron el grano sobre sus asnos y se fueron.
26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
27 Cuando uno de ellos abrió su saco en el lugar donde pasaron la noche para dar alimento a su asno, vio su dinero en la boca del saco.
27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
28 Dijo a sus hermanos: «¡Me devolvieron el dinero! Aquí está en mi saco». Sus corazones se llenaron de temor y, temblando, se preguntaban unos a otros: «¿Qué nos ha hecho Dios?».
28 He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29 Cuando llegaron a la tierra de Canaán, contaron a Jacob, su padre, todo lo sucedido:
29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 «El hombre que gobierna el país nos habló con dureza y nos trató como espías.
30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 Le dijimos: “Somos hombres honrados, no somos espías.
31 We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
32 Somos doce hermanos, hijos de un mismo padre. Uno ya no está, y el menor está ahora con nuestro padre en la tierra de Canaán”.
32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 Entonces el hombre que gobierna el país nos dijo: “Así sabré si son hombres honrados: dejen conmigo a uno de sus hermanos, tomen grano para sus familias y váyanse.
33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
34 Luego tráiganme a su hermano menor. Así sabré que no son espías, sino hombres honrados. Entonces les devolveré a su hermano y podrán moverse libremente por el país”».
34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
35 Cuando vaciaron sus sacos, cada uno encontró su bolsa de dinero dentro del suyo. Al ver el dinero, ellos y su padre tuvieron miedo.
35 As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 Jacob, su padre, les dijo: «Me están dejando sin hijos. José ya no está, Simeón tampoco está, ¿y ahora quieren llevarse a Benjamín? Todo esto está contra mí».
36 Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
37 Rubén dijo a su padre: «Puedes matar a mis dos hijos si no te devuelvo a Benjamín. Ponlo bajo mi cuidado y yo te lo traeré de regreso».
37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
38 Pero Jacob respondió: «Mi hijo no bajará con ustedes. Su hermano murió y él es el único que me queda. Si le sucede algo en el camino, ustedes harán que este anciano muera de tristeza».
38 He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
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Joseph
Betrayed and enslaved, he rose to rule Egypt and saved his family from famine.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 37; 39–50
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 7:12; Joshua 7:10; Exodus 20:18; Genesis 42:2; Exodus 5:19
- 2 Genesis 43:8; Matthew 4:4; Psalm 118:17; Genesis 43:2; Genesis 45:9
- 3 Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:5
- 4 Genesis 42:38; Genesis 43:29; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:4; Genesis 35:16–19
- 5 Genesis 41:57; Genesis 12:10; Acts 7:11; Genesis 26:1; Acts 11:28
- 6 Genesis 41:55–56; Genesis 45:26; Acts 7:10; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 44:14
- 7 Genesis 42:30; Genesis 42:19–20; Genesis 42:14–17; Genesis 42:9–12; Matthew 15:23–26
- 8 Genesis 37:2; John 20:14; John 21:4; Luke 24:16
- 9 Genesis 37:5–9; Exodus 32:35; Genesis 42:34; Judges 1:24; Numbers 13:16–20
- 10 Genesis 37:8; Genesis 27:37; 1 Kings 18:7; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 44:9
- 11 2 Corinthians 6:4; Genesis 42:19; Genesis 42:33–34; John 7:18
- 13 Genesis 37:30; Genesis 44:20; Genesis 42:32; Genesis 43:7; Matthew 2:16
- 14 Matthew 15:21–28; Genesis 42:9–11; Job 13:24; Job 19:11
- 15 1 Samuel 17:55; Genesis 42:16; Genesis 42:30; Matthew 23:16–22; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 16 Genesis 42:11
- 17 Genesis 40:4; Hebrews 12:10; Genesis 40:7; Genesis 41:10; Isaiah 24:22
- 18 Leviticus 25:43; Nehemiah 5:15; Genesis 20:11; Luke 18:2; Luke 18:4
- 19 Genesis 42:26; Genesis 40:3; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 42:22; Genesis 42:1–2
- 20 Genesis 42:34; Genesis 43:5; Genesis 44:23; Genesis 42:15; John 2:5
- 21 Hosea 5:15; Genesis 37:23–28; Job 36:8–9; Mark 9:43–45; 1 Kings 17:18
- 22 Psalm 9:12; 1 Kings 2:32; 2 Chronicles 24:22; Genesis 37:21–22; Genesis 9:5–6
- 23 2 Corinthians 5:20; John 16:13–14
- 24 Genesis 43:30; Genesis 43:14; Isaiah 63:9; Genesis 45:14–15; Luke 19:41
- 25 1 Peter 3:9; Romans 12:17–21; Genesis 45:21; Isaiah 55:1; Matthew 5:44
- 27 Exodus 4:24; Genesis 43:21–22; Luke 10:34; Genesis 44:11; Luke 2:7
- 28 Lamentations 3:37; Isaiah 45:7; Song of Songs 5:6; Lamentations 2:17; 1 Kings 10:5
- 30 Genesis 42:7
- 31 Genesis 42:11
- 33 Genesis 42:19–20; Genesis 42:15
- 34 Genesis 34:10; Genesis 34:21; 1 Kings 10:15; Ezekiel 17:4
- 35 Genesis 43:21; Genesis 43:15; Genesis 42:27–28; Genesis 43:12
- 36 Genesis 43:14; Romans 8:31; 1 Samuel 27:1; Matthew 14:31; Romans 8:28
- 37 Genesis 46:9; Micah 6:7; Genesis 43:9; Genesis 44:32–34
- 38 Genesis 37:35; Genesis 42:4; Genesis 37:33; Genesis 42:13; Genesis 35:16–18
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… brethren who detained her for ten days; Jeroboam also, who received the ten sceptres (tribes), and the ten courts of the tabernacle, and the columns of ten cubits [high], and the ten sons of Jacob who were at first sent into Egypt to buy corn, and the ten apostles to whom the Lord appeared after His resurrection,--Thomas being absent,--represented, according …