1 UIsake wabiza uYakobi, wamsikelela, wathi kuye: “Uze ungathathi nanye kwezi ntombi zaseKanana.
2 Hamba uye kulonyoko ePadan-aram, kwaBhetuweli, uzithathele umfazi apho phakathi kweentombi zikanyokolume uLabhan.
3 Wanga uThixo uSomandla angakusikelela, akunike inzala, yande, ibe zizizwe ezininzi.
4 Wanga uThixo angawagqithisela kuwe nakwinzala yakho amathamsanqa ka-Abraham, niwume loo mhlaba uThixo wayemise kuwo uAbraham kuqala.”
5 Wenjenjalo ke uIsake ukundulula uYakobi, emthumela ePadan-aram kuLabhan unyana kaBhetuweli umAram. Lo Labhan ngumnakwabo-Rabheka unina kaYakobi noEsawu.
6 UEsawu weva ukuba uYakobi usikelelwe wathunyelwa ePadan-aram,Oko kukuthi “kwiMesopotami engentla” ukuba aye kufuna umfazi. Weva nokuba xa wayesikelelwa wayalelwa ukuba angaze athathe umfazi eKanana.
7 Weva nokuba uYakobi wamthobela uyise nonina, waya ePadan-aram.