UZimu ubusisa uJakopo eBhethe-Eli
1UZimu wathi kuJakopo: “Yenyuka uyokuhlala eBhethe-Eli. Nawufika lapho wakhe i-aldari lakaZimu owazibonakalisa kuwe lokha nawubalekela umfowenu u-Esewu.”
2UJakopo wathi emndeninakhe nakibo boke egade banaye: “Lahlani abosingazimu abaphakathi kwenu, nizihlambulule nembathe izambatho ezinye. 3Yizani sikhuphukele eBhethe-Eli lapha ngizafese ngakhele khona uZimu i-aldari, yena owangiphendula mhlana ngitshwenyekileko nobesoloko anami lapha bengikhamba khona.”
4Yeke banikela uJakopo boke abosingazimu ebegade baphakathi kwabo, bamnikela namancinabo. UJakopo wakuthatha koke lokho wakufihla ngaphasi komuthi we-owuku eTjhekemu. 5Kwathi lokha nabafudukako ukwesaba okuvela kuZimu kwehlela imizi ebabhodileko kangangobana akunamuntu owalinga ukugijimisa amadodana kaJakopo.
6UJakopo nabantu boke egade bakhamba naye bafika eLuzi, okutjho iBhethe-Eli, esenarheni yeKanana. 7Wakha i-aldara lapho wathiya indawo leyo bona inguZimu eBhethe-Eli ngombana kukulapha uZimu azibonakalisa kuye khona lokha nakabalekela umnakwabo.
8Eduze neBhethe-Eli kunendawo okuthiwa yi-Owuku yesiLilo ngombana uDebhora imbelesi kaRabega wahlongakalela khona, wabulungwa lapho ngaphasi komuthi we-owuku.
9Godu uZimu wazibonakalisa kuJakopo lokha nakabuya ePadana-Aramu. Wambusisela eBhethe-Eli, 10wathi kuye: “Ibizo lakho unguJakopo, kodwana awusazokubizwa njalo, kuzakuthiwa ungu-Israyeli.” Nje-ke uZimu wamthiya ibizo bona ngu-Israyeli.
11UZimu wathi kuye: “NginguZimu oSabekako. Yanda ngembeleko ukuze kuvele iinkoro ngeenkoro kuwe, ubelethe namakhosi. 12Wena ngizakupha inarha engayipha u-Abrahamu no-Isaka, kuthi ngemva kwakho ngiyinikele iinzukulwana zakho.”
13Yeke uZimu wenyuka wamtjhiya lapha agade akhuluma naye khona.
14UJakopo wajamisa ilitje lesikhumbuzo lapha uZimu akhulume naye khona, wathululela umnikelo wokuselwako kilo, godu walizesa ngamafutha. 15Wathiya indawo leyo bona yiBhethe-Eli ngombana uZimu wakhuluma naye lapho.
Ukuhlongakala kwakaRarheli no-Isaka
16UJakopo banomndenakhe bafuduka eBhethe-Eli. Kwathi kusese mumangwana ukuya e-Efrata, uRarheli wathoma ukubeletha kodwana waphatheka khulu. 17Kuthe asese seenhlungwini zokubeletha njalo, umbelethisi wathi kuye: “Ungesabi ngombana sele unomunye godu umsanyana.”
18Wadosa umphefumulo kokugcina ngombana gade sele ahlongakala wathiya umsanakhe bona nguBhen-Oni. Kodwana uyise wamthiya bona nguBhenjamini.
19Yeke uRarheli wahlongakala bewabulungwa endleleni eya e-Efrata okutjho iBhethe-Lehema namhlanje. 20UJakopo wajamisa ilitje lesikhumbuzo ngehla kwethuna lakhe; ilitjelo lisikhumbuzo sethuna lakaRarheli bekube gadesi.
21U-Israyeli wahlabela phambili, wahloma itende ngaphetjheya kweMigidali-Ederi. 22Kwathi u-Israyeli asahlezi kilesosifunda, uRubeni wangenela uBilirha ikhohlo lakayise, walala naye. U-Israyeli wakuzwa lokho.
UJakopo gade anamadodana alitjhumi nambili:
23Amadodana kaLeya bekunguRubeni, izibulo lakaJakopo, uSimiyoni, uLevi, uJuda, u-Isakari noZebuloni.
24Amadodana wakaRarheli bekunguJosefa noBhenjamini.
25Amadodana wencekukazi kaRarheli, okutjho uBhilirha, bekunguDani noNafitali.
26Amadodana wencekukazi kaLeya, okutjho uZilipha, bekunguGadi no-Atjheri.
Lawo-ke madodana kaJakopo abelethelwa wona ePadana-Aramu.
27UJakopo wabuyela kuyise u-Isaka eMamre eduze neKhiriyathi-Araba okutjho iRhebroni namhlanje, lapha bekukhonze khona u-Abrahamu no-Isaka. 28U-Isaka waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi abunane. 29Gade sele aluphele khulu lokha nakakhohlela kokugcina, wahlongakala aliqhegu begodu anelisekile ngepilo. Amadodanakhe u-Esewu noJakopo ambulunga.
