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Genesis 18 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 Después Yavé se le apareció [a Abraham] en el robledal de Mamre cuando él estaba sentado en la puerta de la tienda en el intenso calor 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 Cuando levantó sus ojos miró, y ahí estaban tres varones en pie frente a él. Tan pronto como los vio, corrió a su encuentro desde la puerta de su tienda y se postró 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 Y exclamó: ʼAdón mío, si hallo gracia ante tus ojos, te ruego que no pases de largo junto a tu esclavo.
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 Que se traiga ya un poco de agua, laven sus pies y se recuesten debajo del árbol
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 mientras tomo un trozo de pan para que sustenten sus corazones. Luego seguirán adelante, pues por eso pasaron junto a su esclavo. Contestaron: Haz como dijiste.
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 se apresuró a entrar en la tienda de Sara y le dijo: ¡Toma pronto tres medidas de flor de harina, amásalas y haz panes!
6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 En seguida, Abraham corrió hacia el ganado, tomó un becerro tierno y bueno y se lo dio al esclavo. Éste se apresuró a aderezarlo.
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 Juntamente con el becerro que aderezó, [Abraham] tomó también cuajada y leche, y lo presentó ante ellos. Mientras él se mantenía en pie junto a ellos debajo del árbol, ellos comían.
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 Después le dijeron: ¿Dónde está tu esposa Sara? Y él contestó: Ahí está en la tienda.
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 Y dijo: Volveré a ti sin falta según el tiempo de la vida, y tu esposa Sara tendrá un hijo. Y Sara escuchaba en la entrada de la tienda, pues estaba 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 ancianos, entrados en días, y a Sara le había cesado la costumbre de las mujeres.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Sara se rió dentro de ella y se dijo: ¿Después que envejecí tendré deleite, cuando también mi ʼadonay es anciano?
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 Entonces Yavé dijo a Abraham: ¿Por qué Sara se rió así? Y dijo: ¿Será cierto que daré a luz ahora cuando soy anciana?
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 ¿Hay algo imposible para Yavé? Volveré a ti según el tiempo de la vida, 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 Pero Sara negó y dijo: No me reí, pues tuvo miedo. Pero Él dijo: No, realmente te reíste.
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 Al levantarse de allí aquellos varones dirigieron la mirada hacia Sodoma, y Abraham fue con ellos para despedirlos.
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 Yavé se dijo: ¿Encubriré a Abraham lo que voy a hacer?
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 Porque ciertamente Abraham será una nación grande y fuerte, y en él serán bendecidas 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 Porque lo escogí para que instruya a sus hijos, a su casa y a sus sucesores a mantenerse en el camino de Yavé, y practicar justicia y justo juicio a fin de que cumpla Yavé sobre Abraham todo cuanto predijo con respecto a él.
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 Y Yavé dijo: Por cuanto el clamor contra Sodoma y Gomorra es grande y su pecado se agravó grandemente,
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 descenderé ahora y veré si en todo obraron según el clamor que llega hasta Mí, y si no, lo sabré.
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 Luego los varones salieron y se encaminaron hacia Sodoma, pero Yavé se quedó aún con Abraham.
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 Entonces, al acercarse, Abraham preguntó: ¿Destruirás al justo con el perverso?
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 Quizás haya 50 justos en medio de la ciudad. ¿Arrasarás y no perdonarás al lugar por amor a los 50 justos que estén en medio de ella?
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 tal cosa! ¿Que muera el justo con el perverso, y que el justo sea como el perverso? ¡Lejos de Ti! ¿El Juez de toda la tierra no hará justicia?
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 Yavé dijo: Si hallo 50 justos en la ciudad, entonces perdonaré a 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 respondió: En verdad, aunque soy polvo y ceniza, ahora cuando me atrevo a hablar con mi ʼAdón,
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 quizás falten cinco de los 50 justos. ¿Destruirás por cinco a toda la ciudad? Y Yavé dijo: No la destruiré si hallo allí 45.
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 Volvió a hablarle: Quizás se encuentren allí 40. Y Yavé respondió: No lo haré por causa de los 40.
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 Entonces [Abraham] dijo: No se enoje ahora mi ʼAdonay, si hablo. Quizás se hallen allí 30. Y Yavé respondió: No actuaré si hallo allí 30.
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 Y dijo: En verdad te ruego, al atreverme a hablar a mi ʼAdonay, quizás se hallen allí 20. Y dijo: No destruiré por causa de los 20.
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 Luego [Abraham] dijo: Te ruego, no se enardezca mi ʼAdonay, y hablaré solo esta vez: Quizás se hallen allí diez. Y respondió Yavé: 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 Yavé acabó de hablar a Abraham, salió, y Abraham regresó a su lugar.
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 (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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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)