Genesis · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Genesis 37 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Jacob se estableció y vivió en Canaán como lo había hecho su padre.
1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan.
2 Esta es la historia de Jacob y su familia: José tenía diecisiete años y ayudaba a cuidar el rebaño junto con sus hermanos, los hijos de Bila y Zilpá, las esposas de su padre. José le contó a su padre algunas de las cosas malas que sus hermanos estaban haciendo.
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 cualquiera de sus otros hijos, porque José le había nacido cuando ya era viejo. E hizo una túnica de colores y de mangas largas para José.
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 se dieron cuenta de que su padre lo amaba más que a cualquiera de ellos, lo odiaron y no tenían nada bueno que decir de él.
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 José tuvo un sueño, y cuando se lo contó a sus hermanos, lo odiaron aún más.
5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
6 “Escuchen este sueño que tuve”, les dijo.
6 He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
7 “Estábamos atando fardos de grano en los campos cuando de repente mi fardo se levantó, y sus fardos se acercaron y se inclinaron ante el mío”.
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 “¿De verdad crees que vas a ser nuestro rey?” le preguntaron ellos. “¿De verdad crees que vas a gobernar sobre nosotros?” Y lo odiaron aún más por su sueño y por cómo lo describía.
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 Luego José tuvo otro sueño y se lo contó a sus hermanos. “Escuchen, tuve otro sueño”, explicó. “El sol y 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 También se lo contó a su padre y a sus hermanos, y su padre se lo recriminó, diciendo: “¿Qué es este sueño que has tenido? ¿Vamos a venir nosotros, tu madre y tus hermanos a inclinarnos hasta el suelo ante ti?”
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 Los hermanos de José se pusieron celosos de él, pero su padre no entendía el significado del sueño.
11 His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
12 Un día los hermanos de José llevaban los rebaños de su padre a pastar cerca de Siquem.
12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
13 Israel le dijo a José: “Tus hermanos cuidan las ovejas cerca de Siquem. Prepárate porque quiero que vayas a verlos”. “Así lo haré”, respondió José.
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 Así que Jacob le dijo: “Ve a ver cómo están tus hermanos y los rebaños, y vuelve y házmelo saber”. Así que lo despidió, y José partió del Valle de Hebrón,
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 y llegó a Siquem. Un hombre lo encontró vagando 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 “Estoy buscando a mis hermanos”, respondió José. “¿Puedes decirme por favor dónde están cuidando el rebaño?”
16 He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.”
17 “Ya se han ido”, respondió el hombre. “Les oí decir: ‘Vamos a Dotán’”. Así que José siguió a sus hermanos y los alcanzó 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 Pero lo vieron venir a lo lejos, y antes de que llegara a ellos, 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 “¡Mira, aquí viene el Señor de los Sueños!” se dijeron entre ellos.
19 They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
20 “Vamos, matémoslo y arrojémoslo a una de las fosas. Diremos que algún animal salvaje se lo ha comido. ¡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 escuchó todo esto, trató de salvar a José de ellos.
21 Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”
22 “No lo ataquemos ni lo matemos”, sugirió. “No lo asesinen, sólo arrójenlo a esta fosa aquí en el desierto. No necesitamos ser culpables de violencia”. Rubén dijo esto para poder regresar más tarde y rescatar a José de ellos y llevarlo a casa con 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 Así que cuando llegó José, sus hermanos le arrancaron la túnica – la colorida túnica de manga larga que llevaba puesta –
23 When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him;
24 lo agarraron y lo arrojaron a una fosa. (La fosa estaba vacía 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 Estaban sentados para comer cuando vieron una caravana de ismaelitas que venía de Galaad. Sus camellos llevaban especias aromáticas, bálsamo y mirra para llevarlos a Egipto.
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 “¿Qué sentido tiene matar a nuestro hermano?” preguntó Judá a sus hermanos. “¡Entonces tendríamos que encubrir su muerte!
26 Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27 En vez de eso, ¿por qué no lo vendemos a estos ismaelitas? No tenemos que matarlo. Después de todo, es nuestro hermano, nuestra propia carne y sangre”. 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 Así que cuando los ismaelitas (que eran comerciantes de Madián) llegaron, sacaron a José de la fosa y se lo vendieron por veinte piezas de plata. Los ismaelitas lo llevaron 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 regresó más tarde y miró en la fosa, José se había ido. Rasgó sus ropas 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 Regresó con sus hermanos. “¡El muchacho se ha ido!”, gimió. “¿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 Mataron una cabra y mojaron la túnica de José en la sangre.
31 They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood.
32 Luego enviaron la colorida túnica a su padre con el mensaje: “Encontramos esto. Por favor, examínalo y ve si es la túnica de tu hijo o no”.
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 El padre la reconoció de inmediato y dijo: “¡Esta es la túnica de mi hijo! Algún animal salvaje debe habérselo comido. El pobre José ha sido despedazado, ¡no hay duda de ello!”
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 Entonces Jacob rasgó sus ropas en señal de lamento y se vistió con un saco. Lloró la muerte de su hijo durante mucho tiempo.
34 Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
35 Todos sus hijos e hijas trataron de consolarlo, pero él rechazaba sus intentos. “No”, dijo, “bajaré a mi tumba llorando por mi hijo”. Así que el padre de José siguió llorando por él.
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, los ismaelitas habían llegado a Egipto y le habían vendido a José a Potifar. Potifar era uno de los oficiales del faraón, era el capitán de la guardia.
36 The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.
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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
Potiphar
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
Cross references (36)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 17:8; Genesis 23:4; Hebrews 11:9–16; Genesis 36:7; Genesis 28:4
- 2 Genesis 35:25–26; 1 Samuel 2:22–24; Genesis 35:22; 1 Corinthians 11:18; Genesis 10:1
- 3 John 3:35; Genesis 37:32; 2 Samuel 13:18; John 13:22–23; Genesis 37:23
- 4 Genesis 27:41; 1 John 4:20; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 2:11; Psalm 69:4
- 5 Genesis 28:12; Genesis 42:9; John 17:14; Daniel 4:5; Amos 3:7
- 6 Genesis 44:18
- 7 Genesis 42:6; Genesis 44:14; Genesis 43:26; Genesis 42:9; Colossians 1:18
- 8 1 Samuel 10:27; Acts 7:35; Genesis 49:26; Acts 4:27–28; Exodus 2:14
- 9 Acts 7:9–14; Genesis 46:29; Genesis 37:7; Daniel 8:10; Genesis 43:28
- 10 Genesis 27:29; Isaiah 60:14; Philippians 2:10–11; Genesis 37:7
- 11 Acts 7:9; Luke 2:51; Luke 2:19; Daniel 7:28; Isaiah 11:13
- 12 Genesis 37:1; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 34:25–31
- 13 Ephesians 6:1–3; 1 Samuel 17:17–20; Matthew 10:16; 1 Samuel 3:16; Genesis 27:18
- 14 Genesis 35:27; Psalm 125:5; Luke 19:42; Genesis 13:18; 2 Samuel 18:32
- 15 Judges 4:22; John 4:27; Genesis 21:14; John 20:15; John 18:4
- 16 Luke 19:10; Song of Songs 1:7
- 17 2 Kings 6:13
- 18 Acts 23:12; Psalm 37:32; 1 Samuel 19:1; Psalm 37:12; Mark 14:1
- 19 Genesis 28:12; Genesis 37:5; Genesis 49:23; Genesis 37:11
- 20 Titus 3:3; Proverbs 27:4; 2 Kings 2:24; Matthew 2:2–16; Proverbs 1:11–12
- 21 Genesis 42:22; Joshua 10:28; Genesis 35:22; Matthew 10:28; Genesis 9:5
- 22 Exodus 24:11; Matthew 27:24; Genesis 42:22; Genesis 22:12; Acts 12:1
- 23 Genesis 37:31–33; Matthew 27:28; Genesis 37:3; Genesis 42:21; Psalm 22:18
- 24 Jeremiah 38:6; Zechariah 9:11; Psalm 130:1–2; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 88:8
- 25 Genesis 43:11; Jeremiah 8:22; Genesis 37:28; Jeremiah 46:11; Genesis 16:11–12
- 26 Genesis 37:20; Genesis 4:10; Ezekiel 24:7; Jeremiah 41:8; Romans 6:21
- 27 Matthew 16:26; Genesis 42:21; 1 Samuel 18:17; Genesis 29:14; 2 Samuel 12:9
- 28 Acts 7:9; Psalm 105:17; Genesis 25:2; Genesis 45:4–5; Genesis 37:25
- 29 Genesis 37:34; Job 1:20; Joel 2:13; Acts 14:14; Genesis 44:13
- 30 Genesis 42:13; Genesis 42:32; Jeremiah 31:15; Genesis 42:35–36; Genesis 37:20
- 31 Genesis 37:23; Genesis 37:3; Proverbs 28:13
- 32 Luke 15:30; Genesis 44:20–23; Genesis 37:3
- 33 Genesis 44:28; Genesis 37:20; 1 Kings 13:24; 2 Kings 2:24; Proverbs 14:15
- 34 Genesis 37:29; Job 1:20; 2 Samuel 3:31; Esther 4:1–3; Nehemiah 9:1
- 35 Genesis 42:38; Job 2:11; 2 Samuel 12:17; Genesis 42:31; Genesis 35:22–26
- 36 Genesis 40:4; Genesis 37:28; 2 Kings 25:8; Genesis 39:1–23; Genesis 25:1–2
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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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)