1 Kwafika indlala kwelo zwe, ngaphandle kwaleya yakhe yabakho ngexesha lika-Abraham. UIsake ke waya kuAbhimeleki, ukumkani wamaFilistiya, owayemi eGerare.
2 *UNdikhoyo wavela ephupheni kuIsake esithi: “Uze ungayi eJiputa; yima kumhlaba endithi hlala kuwo.
3 Uze uhlale apha; ndoba nawe, ndikuthamsanqelise. Lo wona umhlaba uza kuwuma nenzala yakho. Isifungo endasenza kuyihlo ndiza kusifezekisa.
4 Inzala yakho iza kuba ngangeenkwenkwezi ezisesibhaka-bhakeni, ndiyinike wonke lo mhlaba. Zonke iintlanga ziya kuthamsanqeliswa ngenzala yakho.
5 Ndiza kukuthamsanqelisa, kuba uyihlo uAbraham wandithobela, wahamba ngokwemithetho nemiyalelo yam.”
6 Wema apho eGerare ke uIsake.
7 Wayesithi akubuzwa ngomkakhe ngamadoda alapho, athi ngudade wabo. Wayesoyika ukuthi uRabheka ngumkakhe, hleze ambulale athathe uRabheka, kuba wayemhle kakhulu.