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| 1. | Kwathi uRasheli esebonile ukuthi wayengamzaleli uJakobe, uRasheli waba lomona ngodadewabo, wathi kuJakobe: Nginika abantwana, kodwa nxa kunge njalo ngife. |
| 2. | Ngakho lwavutha ulaka lukaJakobe kuRasheli, wathi: Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu okwenqabele isithelo sesizalo yini? |
| 3. | Wasesithi: Khangela, incekukazi yami uBiliha, ngena kuye, ukuze azalele emadolweni ami, ukuze lami ngakhiwe kuye. |
| 4. | Wasemnika uBiliha incekukazi yakhe abe ngumka khe; uJakobe wasengena kuye. |
| 5. | UBiliha wasethatha isisu, wamzalela uJakobe indodana. |
| 6. | URasheli wasesithi: UNkulunkulu ungahlulele, njalo uzwile ilizwi lami, wanginika indodana. Ngakho wayitha ibizo layo uDani. |
| 7. | UBiliha incekukazi kaRasheli wasebuya ethatha isisu, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili. |
| 8. | URasheli wasesithi: Ngibindene lokubindana okulamandla lodadewethu, njalo ngehlula; ngakho wayitha ibizo layo uNafithali. |
| 9. | Kwathi uLeya esebonile ukuthi usemi ukuzala, wathatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, wamnika uJakobe abe ngumka khe. |
| 10. | UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wasemzalela uJakobe indodana. |
| 11. | ULeya wasesithi: Kuyeza ibutho. Wayitha ibizo layo uGadi. |
| 12. | UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wasemzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili. |
| 13. | ULeya wasesithi: Kungokwentokozo yami, ngoba amadodakazi azakuthi ngilentokozo. Wayitha ibizo layo uAsheri. |
| 14. | URubeni wasehamba ngensuku zokuvuna ingqoloyi, wafica amamandrake* ensimini, wawaletha kuLeya unina. URasheli wasesithi kuLeya: Ake ungiphe emamandrakeni endodana yakho. |
| 15. | Wasesithi kuye. Kuyinto encinyane yini ukuthi uthethe indoda yami? Usuzathatha lamamandrake endodana yami yini? URasheli wasesithi: Ngakho uzalala lawe ngalobubusuku ngenxa yamamandrake* endodana yakho. |
| 16. | Kwathi uJakobe esebuya evela emasimini kusihlwa, uLeya waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi: Kimi uzangena, ngoba ukukuqatsha ngikuqatshile ngamamandrake* endodana yami. Waselala laye ngalobobusuku. |
| 17. | UNkulunkulu wasemuzwa uLeya; wasethatha isisu, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesihlanu. |
| 18. | ULeya wasesithi: UNkulunkulu unginikile umvuzo wami, ngoba ngayinika indoda yami incekukazi yami; waseyitha ibizo layo uIsakari. |
| 19. | ULeya wasephinda ethatha isisu, wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesithupha. |
| 20. | ULeya wasesithi: UNkulunkulu unginikile mina isipho esihle; khathesi indoda yami izahlala lami, ngoba ngiyizalele amadodana ayisithupha, waseyitha ibizo layo uZebuluni. |
| 21. | Emva kwalokhu wasezala indodakazi, wayitha ibizo layo uDina. |
| 22. | UNkulunkulu wasemkhumbula uRasheli, uNkulunkulu wasemuzwa, wavula isizalo sakhe. |
| 23. | Wasethatha isisu, wazala indodana, wathi: UNkulunkulu ususile ihlazo lami. |
| 24. | Waseyitha ibizo layo uJosefa, esithi: I Nkosi kayengeze kimi enye indodana. |
| 25. | Kwasekusithi uRasheli esemzele uJosefa, uJakobe wathi kuLabani: Ngiyekela ngihambe ukuze ngiye endaweni yakithi, lelizweni lakithi. |
| 26. | Ngi pha omkami labantwana bami engibasebenzele kuwe ukuze ngihambe, ngoba wena uyazi umsebenzi wami engikusebenzele wona. |
| 27. | ULabani wasesithi kuye: Uba-ke ngithole umusa emehlweni akho; sengibonile ngokukhangela ukuthi i Nkosi ingibusisile ngenxa yakho. |
| 28. | Wathi futhi: Ngimisela iholo lakho, njalo ngizakupha. |
| 29. | Wasesithi kuye: Wena yazi ukuthi ngikusebenzele njani lokuthi izifuyo zakho bezinjani lami. |
| 30. | Ngoba okulutshwana owawulakho mandulo kwami, kwanda kakhulu kwaba yinkithinkithi; i Nkosi ikubusisile ekufikeni kwami; pho-ke, ngizayisebenzela nini lami indlu yami? |
| 31. | Wasesithi: Ngizakuphani? UJakobe wasesithi: Kawuyikunginika lutho, uba uzangenzela le into; ngizabuya ngeluse izimvu zakho ngi zi linde. |
| 32. | Ngizadabula phakathi komhlambi wonke wakho lamuhla, ngehlukanise lapho yonke imvu elamabala lelamachatha, layo yonke imvu ensundu phakathi kwezimvu, lezilamabala lezilamachatha ezimbuzini, zibe liholo lami. |
| 33. | Njalo ukulunga kwami kuzangifakazela ngosuku oluzayo, uba usiza mayelana leholo lami, phambi kwakho; konke okungelamabala lamachatha ezimbuzini, lokunsundu emawundlwini, kuyabe kuntshontshiwe uba kukimi. |
| 34. | ULabani wasesithi: Khangela, ye, kakube njengelizwi lakho. |
| 35. | Wasezehlukanisa mhlalokho impongo ezingamaqamule lezilamabala lazo zonke izibhuzikazi ezilamabala lezilamachatha, lakho konke okulokumhlophe, lakho konke okunsundu emawundlwini, wakunikela esandleni samadodana akhe. |
| 36. | Wabeka ummango wensuku ezintathu phakathi kwakhe loJakobe. UJakobe waseselusa imihlambi eseleyo kaLabani. |
| 37. | UJakobe wasezithathela ingatsha ezimanzi zephophula * leze-alimondi* lezingelamaxolo, webula kuzo imizila emhlophe, wembula okumhlophe okwakusezingatsheni. |
| 38. | Wasefaka ingatsha ayezebulile emigelweni lemikolweni yokunathela yamanzi maqondana lemihlambi, lapho imihlambi efika khona ukunatha; yamitha ekufikeni kwayo ukuzanatha. |
| 39. | Kwathi imihlambi isimithi ezingatsheni, imihlambi yazala amaqamule, alamabala lalamachatha. |
| 40. | UJakobe wasesehlukanisa amawundlu; wakhangelisa ubuso bomhlambi kwezingamaqamule lazo zonke ezinsundu zomhlambi kaLabani; wabeka imihlambi yakhe yodwa, engayibeki emhlanjini kaLabani. |
| 41. | Kwasekusithi loba nini eziqinileyo zomhlambi sezimitha, uJakobe wafaka izingatsha phambi kwamehlo omhlambi emigelweni, ukuze zidabule phakathi kwezingatsha. |
| 42. | Kodwa nxa umhlambi ububuthakathaka ka zi fakanga; ngalokhu ebuthakathaka yaba ngekaLabani, leqinileyo ngekaJakobe. |
| 43. | Lendoda yaqhamuka yaba nkulu kakhulu, yaba lemihlambi eminengi lezincekukazi lezinceku lamakamela labobabhemi. |
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