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₁Ukuphuma kwakhe eJiputa uAbram wabheka ngasentla emazantsi aseKanana, ehamba nomkakhe, nemfuyo yakhe yonke, uAbram, eneegusha neebhokhwe kwakunye noLothe. ₂Wayefumile neenkomo, enayo nesiliva negolide. ₃Nalapho wemka, edlula kwiindawo ngeendawo, esingise eBhetele. ₄Wafika kulaa ndawo wakha wagxumeka kuyo iintente kuqala, leya iphahlwe yiBhetele neAyi, apho wayenzele khona uThixo iqonga, wanqula khona *uNdikhoyo.

₅ULothe naye wayeneegusha neebhokhwe neenkomo, nentsapho nezicaka zakhe. ₆Ngoko ke amadlelo akazange ayanele impahla yabo eninzi, nomhlaba wokuhlala awabanela. ₇Kwabakho ingxwaba-ngxwaba phakathi kwamadoda alusa impahla ka-Abram namadoda alusa ekaLothe. AmaKanana namaPerezi ayesahlala kwelo zwe.

₈UAbram wathi kuLothe: “Siyazalana, mfondini; masingabhidani, namadoda ethu makangalwi. ₉Kungcono sahlukane; umhlaba uphangalele. Zikhethele nayiphi na indawo, uye kwelo cala, mna ndiye kwelinye.”

₁₀Wakhangela uLothe, waphawula ukuba yonke loo ntili yeJordan ukuya kuma ngeZoware, yayingumhlaba onamanzi. Wawufana nomyezo kaNdikhoyo, ufana nqwa nelaseJiputa. Ngeli xesha kwakungaphambi kokutshatyalaliswa kweSodom neGomora. ₁₁ULothe wayithatha yonke loo ntili yeJordan, wenjenjeya ukubheka ngasempumalanga. Aba ayahlukana njalo loo madoda mabini. ₁₂Wasala kwilizwe laseKanana uAbram, uLothe yena wagxumeka iintente kuloo ntili iphakathi kwezo zixeko zingaseSodom. ₁₃Abantu baseSodom babegwenxa, bemona gqitha uNdikhoyo.

₁₄Akuba emkile uLothe, *uNdikhoyo wathi kuAbram: “Bheka-bheka ukhangele kakuhle macal' onke ukuloo ndawo umi kuyo. ₁₅Wonke loo mhlaba uwubonayo ndiza kuwunika wena kunye nenzala yakho. Niya kuwuma ngalo lonke ixesha. ₁₆Ndiza kukunika inzala eninzi, ibe yinyambalala engaphezu kwentlabathi, engenakubalwa mntu. ₁₇Hamba ke, uye kuwuhlola macal' onke loo mhlaba, kuba ndikunika wona.” ₁₈UAbram ke wazikhulula iintente, wemka waya kuma ngakwimithi yaseMamre eHebron, apho wamenzela khona uNdikhoyo iqonga lamadini.