6 UJakobe wafika eLuze elisezweni laseKhanani eliyiBethele, yena kanye nabantu bonke ababe naye.
7 Wakha khona i-altare, wayibiza indawo ngokuthi i-Eli Bethele, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuye khona mhla ebaleka ebusweni bomfowabo.
8 UDebora umzanyana kaRebeka wafa, wembelwa ngenzansi neBethele phansi kwe-oki;* igama lalo labizwa ngokuthi i-Alonibakuti.*
9 UNkulunkulu wabuye wabonakala kuJakobe, lapho evela ePhadani Aramu, wambusisa.
10 UNkulunkulu wathi kuye:“Igama lakho linguJakobe,igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe;igama lakho lizakuba ngu-Israyeli,”wayeseqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi u-Israyeli.
11 UNkulunkulu wathi kuye:“NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla;mawuzale, wande;isizwe, yebo, ibandla lezizwe liyakuvela kuwe;amakhosi ayakuphuma okhalweni lwakho;
12 izwe engabapha lona o-Abrahamano-Isaka,ngiyakulinika wena;nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ngiyakuyinika lona.”