IGenesis
28:1 UIsake wambiza uYakobi, wamsikelela, wamwisela umthetho, wathi kuye
kuye, Uze ungazeki mfazi ezintombini zakwaKanan.
28:2 Suka uye ePadan-aram, endlwini kaBhetuweli unyokokhulu; kwaye
zithabathele khona umfazi ezintombini zikaLabhan unyoko
ubhuti.
28:3 Ngamana uThixo uSomandla akusikelele, akuqhamise, akwandise.
ukuze nibe sisihlwele sabantu;
28:4 akunike intsikelelo ka-Abraham, wena nembewu yakho ndawonye
wena; ukuze ulidle ilifa ilizwe lokuphambukela kwakho;
awathi uThixo wamnika uAbraham.
28:5 UIsake wamndulula ke uYakobi, waya ePadan-aram, kuLabhan, unyana ka-Aram
nguBhetuweli umAram, umnakwabo boRebheka, unina booYakobi noEsawu.
28:6 UEsawu wabona ukuba uIsake umsikelele uYakobi, wamndulula ukuba aye
ePadan-aram, ukuba azithabathele khona umfazi; wathi ekumsikeleleni kwakhe
wamwisela umthetho, esithi, Uze ungazeki mfazi ezintombini
kwaKanan;
28:7 nokuba uYakobi umphulaphule uyise nonina, waya kubo
iPadanaram;
28:8 Wabona uEsawu ukuba iintombi zakwaKanan azifunwa nguIsake wakhe
utata;
28:9 Waya ke uEsawu kuIshmayeli, wazeka abafazi abenabo
UMahalati, intombi kaIshmayeli, unyana ka-Abraham, udade boNebhayoti;
ukuba abe ngumfazi wakhe.
28:10 Waphuma uYakobi eBher-shebha, waya kwaHaran.
28:11 Wathi qatha ndaweni ithile, walala khona.
ngokuba belitshonile ilanga; wathabatha kumatye aloo ndawo, wathi
wazibeka emqamelweni wakhe, wangqengqa kuloo ndawo.
28:12 Waphupha ebona ileli imisiwe emhlabeni, nomphezulu wayo
lwafikelela emazulwini: nanzo izithunywa zikaThixo zinyuka zisihla
esihla phezu kwayo.
28:13 nanko uYehova emi phezu kwayo, wathi, NdinguYehova, uThixouThixo wabo
uAbraham uyihlo, uThixo kaIsake, Ilizwe olele kulo;
ndiya kulinika wena, nembewu yakho;
28:14 Kwaye imbewu yakho iya kuba njengothuli lomhlaba, yaye uya kusasazeka
entshonalanga, nasempuma, nasentla, nasezantsi;
zibe kuwe, nakwimbewu yakho zonke izizwe zehlabathi;
usikelelwe.
28:15 Yabona, ndinawe; ndiya kukugcina naphi na apho uya khona
uya kuya, ndikubuyisele kulo mhlaba; kuba andiyi
hamba kuwe, ndide ndikwenze oko ndikuthethileyo kuwe.
28:16 Wavuka uYakobi ebuthongweni bakhe, wathi, Inene, uYehova ukho
le ndawo; nam bendingazi.
28:17 Woyika, wathi, Asikuko nokuba iyoyikeka le ndawo; oku akukho nanye
yindlu kaThixo, eli lisango lezulu.
28:18 Wavuka uYakobi kwakusasa, walithabatha ilitye abenalo
uwubeke emqamelweni wakhe, uwumise njengentsika, ugalele ioli phezu kwawo
ngaphezulu kwayo.
28:19 Wathi igama laloo ndawo yiBheteli, kodwa igama laloo mzi
bekusithiwa nguLuzi ekuqaleni.
28:20 Wabhambathisa ngesibhambathiso uYakobi, esithi, Ukuba uThixo uthe waba nam, wandigcina
ngale ndlela ndiyihambayo, kwaye uya kundinika isonka ndidle, nempahla yokunxiba
qhubeka
28:21 ukuze ndibuyele endlwini kabawo ndinoxolo; uya kwandula uYehova
yiba nguThixo wam:
28:22 neli litye ndilimisileyo lasisimiso liya kuba yindlu kaThixo
entweni yonke othe wandinika, ndokunika isishumi sazo.