¹ UNkulunkulu wathi kuJakobe : Suka ukhuphukele eBethele , uhlale khona, umenzele lapho uNkulunkulu i -altare, yena owabonakala kuwe mhla ubalekela u-Esawu umfowenu. ² Wayesethi uJakobe kwabendlu yakhe nakubo bonke ababe naye : Lahlani izithixo zabezizwe eziphakathi kwenu , nizihlambulule nina , niziphendulele izingubo zenu, ³ sisuke, sikhuphukele eBethele; ngiyakumenzela khona uNkulunkulu i -altare, yena owangiphendula ngosuk u lokuhlupheka kwami , waba nami endleleni engangiyihamba. ⁴ Bamnika-ke uJakobe izithixo zonke zabezizwe ezazisezandleni zabo , namacici ayesezindlebeni zabo ; uJakobe wakuthukusa phansi kwe -oki elalingaseShekemi. ⁵ Base bemuka ; ukumesaba uNkulunkulu kwakuphezu kwemizi eyayikhona nxazonke; abawaxoshanga amadodana kaJakobe. 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. Ukuzalwa kukaBenjamini nokufa kukaRaheli 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 -Abrahama no-Isaka, ngiyakulinika wena; nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ngiyakuyinika lona. ¹³ UNkulunkulu wenyuka esuka kuye endaweni laph o ebekhulume naye khona. ¹⁴ UJakobe wayesemisa insika endaweni lapho abekhulume naye khona , insika yetshe ; wathela phezu kwayo umnikelo wokuphuzwa , wathela namafutha phezu kwayo. ¹⁵ UJakobe wayiqamba indawo lapho uNkulunkulu akhuluma naye khona ngokuthi iBethele. ¹⁶ Base besuka eBethele ; kwakuse yibangana ukuya e -Efrati; uRaheli wayesebeletha, wabeletha enemihelo enzima. ¹⁷ Kwathi esenemihelo enzima , umbelethisi wathi kuye : Ungesabi, ngokuba uzakuba nenye indodana futhi. ¹⁸ Usuzakuphuma umphefumulo wakhe, ngokuba wafa, waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uBenoni; kepha uyise wamqamba ngokuthi uBenjamini. ¹⁹ Wafa uRaheli, wembelwa ngasendleleni eya e-Efrati eliyiBetlehema. ²⁰ UJakobe wamisa insika ethuneni lakhe , eyinsika yethuna likaRaheli kuze kube namuhla. ²¹ U-Israyeli wasuka, wamisa itende lakhe ngaphambi kombhoshongo wase - Edere. ²² Kwathi u -Israyeli esehlala kulelo zwe , uRubeni waya walala noBiliha isancinza sikayise; u-Israyeli wakuzwa lokho. Amadodana kaJakobe nokufa kuka-Isaka Amadodana kaJakobe ayeyishumi nambili. ²³ Amadodana kaLeya ayenguRubeni, izibulo likaJakobe, noSimeyoni, noLevi, noJuda, no-Isakare, noZebuloni. ²⁴ Amadodana kaRaheli ayengoJosefa noBenjamini. ²⁵ Amadodana kaBiliha incekukazi kaRaheli ayengoDani noNafetali. ²⁶ Amadodana kaZilipa incekukazi kaLeya ayengoGadi no -Asheri; lawo angamadodana kaJakobe awazalelwa ePhadani Aramu. ²⁷ UJakobe wafika ku-Isaka uyise eMamre ngaseKiriyati Araba, okuyiHebroni, lapho o-Abrahama no-Isaka kade bebegogobele khona. ²⁸ Izinsuku zika-Isaka zaziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. ²⁹ U-Isaka wagqibuka wafa , wabuthelwa kubantu bakhe , emdala esanelisiwe yizinsuku. O-Esawu noJakobe amadodana akhe bammbela.