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Genesis 18 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 El Señor se le apareció a Abraham en medio de los robles de Mamré. Abraham estaba sentado a la entrada de su tienda, pues hacía mucho calor ese 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 de repente vio a tres hombres en pie. Al verlos, corrió a su encuentro y se inclinó hasta el suelo.
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 Entonces les dijo: “Señor, si le parece bien, no siga su camino sin antes hospedarse conmigo, en la casa de su siervo.
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 Permítanme traerles agua para lavarse sus pies, y para que descansen junto al árbol.
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 También permítanme traerles algo de comer para que puedan recobrar sus fuerzas cuando sigan el camino, ahora que ha venido a visitarme”. “Nos parece bien”, respondieron ellos. “Haz lo que 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 se apresuró a la tienda y le dijo a Sara: “¡Apresúrate! Prepara pan con tres medidas grandes de la mejor harina. Amasa la masa y prepara el pan”.
6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 Entonces Abraham corrió hasta donde estaba el ganado y eligió un becerro bueno y joven, y se lo dio a su siervo, quien lo mató y lo cocinó 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 Entonces Abraham tomó un poco de yogurt yleche, y cocinó la carne. Luego trajo la comida delante de los tres hombres y se quedó cerca junto a un árbol mientras 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 “¿Dónde está tu esposa Sara?” le preguntaron. “Está allá adentro, en la tienda”, les contestó.
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 Entonces uno de ellos le dijo: “Te prometo que el próximo año volveré a visitarte por estos días, y tu esposa Sara tendrá un hijo”.Y Sara estaba escuchando mientras se ocultaba a 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 ya estaban viejos y eran de edad avanzada. Y Sara ya había pasado su edad fértil.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Sara se estaba riendo dentro de la tienda, y decía para sí: “¿Cómo podría experimentar placer alguno ahora que estoy vieja y cansada? ¡Mi esposo también está viejo!”
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 preguntó a Abraham: “¿Por qué Sara se rió, y preguntó ‘¿cómo podré tener un hijo ahora que estoy tan vieja?’
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 ¿Acaso hay algo difícil para el Señor? Volveré el próximo año durante la primavera, tal como te lo dije, 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 Entonces Sara tuvo temor y negó el hecho, diciendo: “Yo no me reí”. “Sí, te reíste”, respondió el Señor.
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 Entonces los hombres se fueron. Miraron en dirección a Sodoma y se dirigieron hacia allá. Y 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: “¿Debería ocultarle a Abraham lo que voy a hacer?
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 Abraham sin duda será una nación grande y ponderosa, y todas las naciones de la tierra serán benditas a través 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 Yo lo he elegido para que le enseñe a sus hijos y a su familia a seguir el camino del Señor haciendo lo que es bueno, a fin de que yo, el Señor, pueda cumplir lo que le he prometido a Abraham”.
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 Entonces el Señor continuó diciendo: “Hay muchas quejas expresadas contra Sodoma y Gomorra a causa de su pecado descarado.
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 Voy a ver si estas quejas son ciertas. Si no lo son, de seguro 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 Los dos hombres se dieron la vuelta y se dirigieron a Sodoma, pero el Señor se quedó con Abraham.
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 Entonces Abraham se le acercó y le preguntó: “¿En serio vas a destruir a las personas buenas junto con las malvadas?
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 ¿Qué pasa si hay cincuenta buenas personas en la ciudad? ¿Vas a destruir la ciudad a pesar de que haya cincuenta personas buenas 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 ¡No puedes hacer algo así! No puedes matar a las personas buenas junto con las malvadas, pues estarías tratando a buenos y malos del mismo modo. ¡No puedes actuar así! ¿No actuará con justicia 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 “Si encuentro a cincuenta personas buenas en Sodoma, perdonaré a toda la ciudad por causa de ellos”, respondió el Señor.
26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 “Como ya comencé, permíteme seguir hablando con mi Señor, aunque no soy nadie sino apenas polvo y cenizas”, continuó Abraham.
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 “¿Qué si hay cuarenta y cinco personas buenas – solo cinco menos – ¿Aun así vas a destruir toda la ciudad solo porque son menos personas buenas?” “No la destruiré si encuentro cuarenta y cinco personas buenas”, respondió el Señor.
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 Entonces Abraham habló nuevamente y le preguntó al Señor: “¿Qué pasaría y solo hay cuarenta?” “No lo hare por causa de las cuarenta personas”, respondió el Señor.
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 “Mi Señor, no te enojes conmigo”, continuó Abraham. “Pero permíteme preguntarte esto: ¿Qué pasaría si hay treinta?” “No lo hare por causa de las treinta personas”, respondió el Señor.
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 “Debo admitir que he sido osado en hablar de esta manera con mi Señor”, dijo Abraham. “¿Qué sucedería si solo hubiera veinte personas buenas?” “No lo haré por causa de las 20 personas”, respondió el Señor.
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 “Por favor, no te enojes conmigo, mi Señor”, dijo Abraham. “Solo permíteme preguntar una cosa más. ¿Qué pasaría si hay solamente diez personas buenas?” “No la destruiré por causa de las diez personas”, respondió el Señor.
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 Entonces el Señor se fue cuando terminó de hablar con Abraham, y Abraham se fue a 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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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)