20 Niyakukhuluma nithi: ‘Futhi bheka, inceku yakho uJakobe iyeza, isemva kwethu.’ ” Ngokuba wathi: “Ngizakumthoba ngalesi sipho esihamba phambi kwami, andukuba ngibone ubuso bakhe; mhlawumbe angangamukela.”
21 Sase sihamba isipho phambi kwakhe, kepha yena wahlala ekamu* lobo busuku.
22 Wavuka ebusuku, wathatha omkakhe ababili, nezincekukazi zakhe ezimbili, nabantwana bakhe abayishumi nanye, wawela ezibukweni elithiwa iJaboki.
23 Wabathatha, wabawelisa emfuleni, wakuwelisa nalokho anakho.
24 Wasala yedwa uJakobe; kwabambana naye umuntu, kwaze kwasa.
25 Esebona ukuthi akamahluli, wathinta esikhoxeni senyonga yakhe, waphinyazeka uJakobe esikhoxeni senyonga esebambene naye.
26 Wayesethi: “Angihambe, ngokuba sekuyasa.”Kepha wathi: “Anginakukuyeka ukuba uhambe ungangibusisanga.”