UYakobi wakha isibingelelo eBheteli
1Ke kaloku wathi uThixo kuYakobi, Suka uye eBheteli, uhlale khona, wenze khona isibingelelo kuThixo, owabonakalayo kuwe ekubalekeni kwakho ebusweni bukaEsawu, umkhuluwa wakho. 2Wathi ke uYakobi kwindlu yakhe, nakubo bonke ababenaye, Susani izithixo zasemzini eziphakathi kwenu, nina nizihlambulule, ninxibe ngubo zimbi; 3sisuke, sinyuke siye eBheteli, senze khona isibingelelo kuThixo, owandiphendula ngomhla wokubandezeleka kwam, obe nam endleleni endandihamba ngayo. 4Bazinika uYakobi zonke izithixo zasemzini ebezisesandleni sabo, namajikazi abesezindlebeni zabo; uYakobi wazimbela phantsi komoki• obungakwaShekem. 5Banduluka; uqhiphulo-mbilini ngoThixo lwaba phezu kwemizi ngeenxa zonke kubo, àyabasukela oonyana bakaYakobi. 6Wafika uYakobi eLuzi, esezweni lakwaKanan, ekwayiBheteli, yena nabo bonke abantu ababenaye. 7Wàkha khona isibingelelo, wathi loo ndawo ukuyibiza nguThixo waseBheteli; kuba kulapho uThixo wazityhilayo kuye, ekubalekeni kwakhe ebusweni bomkhuluwa wakhe.
8Wafa uDebhora, umanyisikazi kaRebheka, wangcwatywa ngasezantsi kweBheteli, phantsi kom-oki; kwathiwa igama layo nguMoki wokuLila.
9UThixo wabuya wabonakala kuYakobi ekuveleni kwakhe ePadan-aram, wamsikelela. 10Wathi uThixo kuye, Igama lakho nguYakobi; akuyi kuba sathiwa igama lakho nguYakobi, kuya kuthiwa igama lakho nguSirayeli; wamthiya ke igama elinguSirayeli.• 11Wathi uThixo kuye, NdinguThixo uSomandla. Qhama, wande; uhlanga nesikhungu seentlanga siya kuvela kuwe, nookumkani baphume esinqeni sakho. 12Ilizwe endalinika uAbraham noIsake ndiliniké wena; ndiliniké imbewu yakho emva kwakho ilizwe elo.
13Wenyuka uThixo, wemka kuye kuloo ndawo abethethe naye kuyo. 14UYakobi wamisa isimiso kuloo ndawo abethethe naye kuyo, isimiso samatye; wathulula phezu kwaso umnikelo othululwayo, wagalela neoli phezu kwaso. 15UYakobi wathi igama laloo ndawo, uThixo abethethe naye kuyo, yiBheteli.•
Ukufa kukaRakeli nokukaIsake
16Banduluka eBheteli. Kwathi, kusemganyana ukuba kufikwe e-Efrata, wazala uRakeli, kwaba nzima ukuzala kwakhe. 17Kwathi, kwakuba nzima ukuzala kwakhe, wathi umzalisikazi kuye, Musa ukoyika, kuba naló ngunyana wakho. 18Kwathi ekuphumeni komphefumlo wakhe, kuba wafayo, wathi nguBhenoni• igama lakhe; ke yena uyise wathi nguBhenjamin.• 19Wafa ke uRakeli, wangcwatyelwa endleleni yase-Efrata eyiBhetelehem. 20UYakobi wamisa isimiso phezu kwengcwaba lakhe; sisimiso sengcwaba likaRakeli nanamhla.
21USirayeli wayincothula intente yakhe, waya wayitwabulula ngaphaya kweMigdoli-edere. 22Kwathi, ekuhlaleni kukaSirayeli kwelo zwe, waya uRubhen, wamlala uBhiliha, ishweshwe likayise; weva ke uSirayeli.
Oonyana bakaYakobi babelishumi elinababini. 23Oonyana bakaLeya nguRubhen, owamazibulo kuYakobi, noSimon, noLevi, noYuda, noIsakare, noZebhulon. 24Oonyana bakaRakeli nguYosefu noBhenjamin. 25Oonyana bakaBhiliha, umkhonzazana kaRakeli, nguDan noNafetali. 26Oonyana bakaZilipa, umkhonzazana kaLeya, nguGadi noAshere. Ngabo abo oonyana bakaYakobi, awabazalelwa ePadan-aram.
27UYakobi waya kuIsake uyise kwaMamre, eKiriyati ka-Arbha, eHebron, apho babengabaphambukeli khona uAbraham noIsake. 28Imihla kaIsake yaba yiminyaka elikhulu elinamanci asibhozo. 29UIsake waphuma umphefumlo, wafa, wahlanganiselwa kwabakowabo, aluphele, ephelele ebudaleni. Bamngcwaba ooEsawu noYakobi, oonyana bakhe.
