3 UJehova wayesethi kuJakobe: “Buyela ezweni lawoyihlo nasezihlotsheni zakho; ngiyakuba nawe.”
4 UJakobe wathuma wabiza oRaheli noLeya, beze endle emhlambini wakhe.
5 Wathi kubo: “Ngiyabubona ubuso bukayihlo ukuthi abusenjengayizolo nakuthangi kimi, kepha uNkulunkulu kababa unami.
6 Niyazi nina ukuthi ngimkhonzile uyihlo ngamandla ami onke.
7 Kepha uyihlo ungikhohlisile, waguqula umvuzo wami kayishumi; kodwa uNkulunkulu akamvumelanga ukwenza okubi kimi.
8 Uma ebesho ukuthi: ‘Ezimanakanaka ziyakuba ngumvuzo wakho,’ umhlambi wonke wazala ezimanakanaka; uma ebesho ukuthi: ‘Ezinemishwe ziyakuba ngumvuzo wakho,’ umhlambi wonke wazala ezinemishwe.
9 Kanjalo uNkulunkulu uthathile imfuyo kayihlo, wayinika mina.