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1 El Señor se le apareció a Abraham junto al bosque de encinas de Mamré. Ese día Abraham estaba sentado a la entrada de su carpa, a la hora más caliente 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 mirada y vio que tres hombres se dirigían hacia él. Se levantó de un salto y corrió al encuentro de ellos. Se inclinó hasta tocar el suelo con su frente,
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 y dijo: ―Mi señor, le ruego por favor que no pase de largo, sino que se quede aquí un momento.
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 Voy a pedir que les traigan agua para que se laven los pies, y podrán quedarse a descansar bajo la sombra de este árbol.
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 Y ya que han pasado por la carpa de este servidor de ustedes, les voy a traer algo de comer, para que repongan sus fuerzas y puedan continuar su viaje. ―Muy bien —dijeron ellos—, aceptamos tu invitación.
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 Entonces Abraham entró corriendo a la carpa y le dijo a Sara: ―Toma pronto unos veinte kilos de la mejor harina, amásalos y haz unos 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 lugar donde estaba el ganado, tomó el mejor ternero, y le dijo a uno de sus sirvientes que lo preparara inmediatamente.
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 Junto con el becerro ya preparado, Abraham les ofreció leche y mantequilla. Mientras los hombres comían, Abraham se quedo de pie junto a ellos, debajo del 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 ―¿Dónde está tu esposa Sara? —le preguntaron. ―En la carpa —contestó Abraham.
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 Entonces uno de ellos dijo: ―El próximo año, por este tiempo, volveré a visitarte. En esa fecha Sara tendrá un hijo. Sara escuchaba detrás de ellos, a la entrada de la carpa.
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 Ahora bien, Abraham y Sara eran muy viejos, y hacía tiempo que Sara no tenía la menstruación.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Por eso, Sara no pudo evitar reírse, mientras pensaba: «¿Será posible que vaya a tener semejante placer, siendo que tanto mi marido como yo somos muy viejos?».
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Abraham: ―¿Por qué se rio Sara? ¿A caso no cree que pueda tener un hijo a pesar de su edad?
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 ¿Hay algo que sea difícil para el Señor? Como te dije, el próximo año, por este tiempo, volveré a visitarte, y para entonces 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 Cuando Sara escuchó esto, tuvo miedo y quiso defenderse. Por eso dijo: ―No me reí. Pero el Señor le contestó: ―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 Cuando terminaron de comer, los visitantes se levantaron para seguir su viaje hacia Sodoma. Abraham los acompañó hasta cierto lugar, y los despidió.
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 Pero el Señor pensó: «¿Le ocultaré a Abraham lo que estoy pensando hacer?
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 ¿Acaso no lo convertiré en una nación grande y poderosa, y haré que sea una fuente de bendición para todas las naciones de la tierra?
18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 Estoy seguro de que enseñará a sus descendientes a obedecerme, de modo que cuando él muera ellos continúen practicando la justicia y la honestidad. Yo, por mi parte, le cumpliré a Abraham todo lo que le he 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 Así que el Señor le dijo a Abraham: ―Ya no puedo aguantar más la queja que hay contra Sodoma y Gomorra, pues su pecado es muy grande.
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 Bajaré a Sodoma para ver si de verdad sus habitantes son tan malos. Voy a comprobar personalmente si lo que se dice de ellos es verdad o mentira.
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 Dos de los varones siguieron su camino hacia Sodoma, pero el Señor se quedó con Abraham por un momento. Entonces Abraham se le acercó y le dijo: ―¿Vas a exterminar juntamente al justo con el malvado?
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 Not in this translation
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 Si encontraras cincuenta justos en la ciudad, ¿acabarías con todos, y no perdonarías a la gente de ese lugar por amor a los cincuenta justos?
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 ¡Jamás se te vaya a ocurrir matar al justo junto con el malvado! ¡Jamás vayas a tratar de la misma manera al justo y al malvado! ¿Acaso el Juez de toda la tierra no hará lo que es correcto?
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 Y el Señor le contestó: ―Si encontrara cincuenta justos, perdonaría a todos los demás, por amor a los justos.
26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Y Abraham volvió a decir: ―Puesto que ya comencé a hablar a mi Señor, te ruego que me escuches, aunque tan solo soy un ser humano.
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 haya solamente cuarenta y cinco justos, ¿destruirías la ciudad por los cinco que faltan? Y el Señor le dijo: ―Si encontrara en la ciudad cuarenta y cinco justos, no la destruiría.
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 Insistió Abraham con sus ruegos: ―Supongamos que hubiera solamente cuarenta. Y el Señor le contestó: ―No la destruiría si encontrara cuarenta justos.
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 ―No te enojes conmigo, mi Señor —le rogó Abraham—, si digo algo más. ¿Y si hubiera sólo treinta? Y el Señor le contestó: ―No destruiría la ciudad si encontrara en ella treinta justos.
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 Entonces Abraham dijo: ―Es atrevimiento mío hablarte así mi Señor, pero permíteme continuar: Supongamos que haya solamente veinte. Y el Señor le contestó: ―No destruiría la ciudad, por amor a 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 te molestes mi Señor; hablaré sólo una vez más. Supongamos que sólo encontraras diez justos. Y el Señor le contestó: ―Entonces, por amor a los diez, no destruiría la ciudad.
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 el Señor terminó de conversar con Abraham, continuó el viaje hacia Sodoma; y Abraham regresó a su carpa.
33 Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
People & places in this chapter
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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 (31)
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
- 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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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)