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| 1. | UIsake wambiza uYakobi, wamsikelela, wamwisela umthetho, wathi kuye, Uze ungazeki mfazi ezintombini zakwaKanan. |
| 2. | Suka uye ePadan-aram, endlwini kaBhetuweli unyokokhulu, uzeke khona umfazi ezintombini zikaLabhan, unyokolume. |
| 3. | Ngamana uThixo uSomandla wakusikelela, wakuqhamisa, wakwandisa, ukuze ube sisikhungu sezizwe; |
| 4. | akunike intsikelelo ka-Abraham, wena nembewu yakho ndawonye nawe, ukuze ulidle ilifa ilizwe lokuphambukela kwakho, elo uThixo walinika uAbraham. |
| 5. | UIsake wamndulula ke uYakobi; waya ePadan-aram, kuLabhan unyana kaBhetuweli umAram, umnakwabo boRebheka, unina booYakobi noEsawu. |
| 6. | UEsawu wabona ukuba uIsake umsikelele uYakobi, wamndulula ukuba aye ePadan-aram, azeke khona umfazi; ekumsikeleleni kwakhe wamwisela umthetho wokuthi, Uze ungazeki mfazi ezintombini zakwaKanan; |
| 7. | noYakobi umphulaphule uyise nonina, waya ePadan-aram. |
| 8. | Wabona uEsawu ukuba iintombi zakwaKanan azifunwa nguIsake uyise; |
| 9. | wasuka waya uEsawu kuIshmayeli, wazeka uMahalati, intombi kaIshmayeli, unyana ka-Abraham, udade boNebhayoti, phezu kwabafazi bakhe, wangumkakhe. |
| 10. | Waphuma ke uYakobi eBher-shebha, waya kwaHaran. |
| 11. | Wathi qatha ndaweni ithile, walala khona, kuba belithshonile ilanga. Wathabatha kumatye aloo ndawo, wabeka phantsi kwentloko yakhe, walala kuloo ndawo. |
| 12. | Waphupha ebona ileli imisiwe emhlabeni, intloko yayo iye yafika emazulwini; nanzo izithunywa zikaThixo zinyuka, zisihla ngayo; |
| 13. | nanko uYehova emi phezu kwayo, wathi, NdinguYehova, uThixo ka-Abraham uyihlo, uThixo kaIsake. Ilizwe elo ulele kulo, ndiya kulinika wena, nembewu yakho; |
| 14. | imbewu yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlaba, uphangalale, usinge entshonalanga, nasempumalanga, nasentla, nasezantsi, zisikelelwe ngawe nangembewu yakho zonke izizwe zehlabathi. |
| 15. | Yabona, ndinawe; ndiya kukugcina naphi apho uya khona, ndikubuyisele kulo mhlaba; ngokuba andiyi kukushiya, nidide ndikwenze oko ndikuthethileyo kuwe. |
| 16. | Wavuka uYakobi ebuthongweni bakhe, wathi, Kunjenje ke, uYehova ukho kule ndawo, kanti mna bendingazi. |
| 17. | Woyika, wathi, Asikuko nokuba iyoyikeka le ndawo; yindlu kaThixo le, ayinto yimbi; lisango lamazulu eli. |
| 18. | Wavuka uYakobi kwakusasa, walithabatha ilitye abelibeke phantsi kwentloko yakhe, walimisa lasisimiso, wathulula ioli phezu kwalo. |
| 19. | Wathi igama laloo ndawo yiBheteli, nangona beliyiLuzi, igama laloo mzi ekuqaleni. |
| 20. | Wabhambathisa ngesibhambathiso uYakobi, esithi, Ukuba uThixo uthe waba nam, wandigcina kuyo le ndlela ndiyihambayo, wandinika isonka ndadla, neengubo ndambatha, |
| 21. | ndabuyela endlwini kabawo ndinoxolo: uYehova woba nguThixo wam, |
| 22. | neli litye ndilimisileyo lasisimiso loba yindlu kaThixo; neento zonke othe wandinika, ndokunika isishumi sazo. |
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