11 Wabuya wathi uThixo: “Mna ndinguThixo uSomandla. Ndithi chuma wande. Uya kuba nguyise wesizwe – nditsho izizwe ngezizwe – ube ngukhokho weekumkani.
12 Umhlaba endawunika uAbraham noIsake ndiwunika wena kunye nabazukulwana bakho emva kwakho.”
13 UThixo wamshiya ke apho akugqiba ukuthetha naye.
14 Apho kanye kuloo ndawo uThixo wayethetha kuyo noYakobi, wemisa ilitye uYakobi, walinikela kuThixo ngokuligalela iwayini namafutha.
15 Loo ndawo wathi yiBhetele.
16 Wafuduka uYakobi nentsapho yakhe eBhetele. Kwathi xa babekude kufuphi ne-Efrata, kwabonakala ukuba lifikile ixesha lokuba uRakeli abeleke. Kwaba nzima kakhulu.
17 Kwathi egcuma ziintlungu, wavakala esithi umbelekisi wakhe: “Uzungoyiki, Rakeli, uzele enye inkwenkwe.”