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.
8 Waqonda ke uEsawu ukuba uyise wayengazithandi iintombi zaseKanana.
9 Waya kwaIshmayeli ke, unyana ka-Abraham, wathatha intombi yakhe uMahalati, udade boNebhayoti.
10 Wenjenjeya ukusuka eBheshebha uYakobi, esinga eHaran.