1 UAbraham wafuduka kwelo lizwe, wajonga emazantsi eKanana, apho wafika wamisa khona phakathi kweKadeshe neShure. Waya kutsho naseGerare,
2 wafika wathi apho uSara ngudade wabo. Ukumkani walapho, uAbhimeleki, wathi uSara makasiwe komkhulu.
3 Kodwa uThixo wavela kuAbhimeleki ephupheni, wathi: “Abhimeleki, usisisulu sokufa, ngenxa yokuba lo mfazi umthathileyo ngumka-mtu.”
4 UAbhimeleki ke wayengekamambathi uSara, waza wathi: “Mhlekazi, ungathini ukutshabalalisa isizwe esingenatyala?
5 Andibi kanene yilaa ndoda ngokwayo ethe kum ngudade wayo lo, waza naye wathi ingumnakwabo? Le nto ndiyenze ndingenasazela, yaye andonanga bani.”