¹ Nkulunkulu watsi kuJakobe, ''Vuka, unyukele eBetheli, uyohlala khona. Wakhe lilati, khona laNkulunkulu, lowavela kuwe uma ubalekela umnakenu Esawu.'' ² Laphoke Jakobe watsi emndeni wakhe nabo bonkhe lebebanaye, ''Bekani eceleni labonkulunkulwana betive labase emkhatsini wenu, nitihlante, phindze nishintje netimphahla tenu. ³ Bese siyahamba, senyukela eBetheli. Ngiyawakha lilati khona laNkulunkulu, longiphendvulile ekhatsi netinhlupheko tami, futsi bekasolo ahamba nami yonkhe indzawo lapho ngihamba khona.'' ^{4 5} Baniketela kuJakobe bonkhe bonkulunkulwana betive lebebase tandleni tabo, netindandatho betise madlebeni. Jakobe wabangcwaba phasi kwe okhi lebeyi dvutane nase Shechemu. basahamba, Nkulunkulu, waletsa kutatatela emadolobheni lebekaba tungeletele, kute kutsi labo bantfu bangawacoshi emadvodzana aJakobe. ⁶ Ngako ke Jakobe wafika eLuzi ( lokuyi Betheli), lese ndzaweni yase Canani, yena nabo bonkhe bantfu lebebanaye. ⁷ Wakha lilati wabita lendzawo ngekutsi yi Bhetheli, ngoba lapho Nkulunkulu wativeta lucobo lwakhe kuye asabalekela umnakabo. ⁸ Deborah, nesi waRebekha, washona. Wangcwatjwa phansi eBethel phasi kwesihlahla se Oakhi, bekutsiwa yiAllon Bakuth. ⁹ Uma Jakobe sekafika ebuya ePaddam Arram, Nkulunkulu waphindze wavela kuye wamubusisa. ¹⁰ Nkulunkulu watsi kuye, '' libito lakho ungu Jakobe, kepha libito lakho angeke usaba nguJakobe. Libito lakho utaba ngu Israel.'' laphoke Nkulunkulu wabita libito lakhe Israel. ¹¹ Nkulunkulu watsi kuye, '' ngingu Nkulunkulu, Lophakeme. Tsela futsi nandze. Sive netive titawuchamuka kuwe, netinkhosi titawuba phakatsi kwesitukulwane sakho. ¹² Umhlaba lengawunika Abrahama kanye na Isaka, ngitawunika wena. Netitukulwane letiyawu landzela wena ngitawutinika lomhlaba.'' ¹³ Nkulunkulu wenyuka kuye kulendzwo abekhulume naye kuyo. ¹⁴ Jakobe wabeka insika kulendzawo lapho Nkulunkulu wakhuluma naye, insika yelitje. Watsela sinatfo semuhlatjelo etukwayo kanye nemafutsa. ¹⁵ Jakobe wabita libito lalendzawo lapho Nkulunkulu akhuluma naye, iBetheli. ¹⁶ Bahamba besuka eBetheli. Basese khashanyana nendzawo yase Ephrathi, Racheli wateta. Wateta kamatima. ¹⁷ Asateta kabuhlungu, umsiti walaba tetako watsi kuye,'' ungakhatsateki, ngoba nyalo utawuba nendvodzana lenye.'' ¹⁸ Asashona, ngemuphefumulo wakhe wekugcina wametsa libito watsi ngu Ben-Oni, kepha uyise wamubita watsi ngu Benjamini. ¹⁹ Racheli washona futsi wangcwatjwa endleleni leya kuEphrath ( leyo ke iBethlehema). ²⁰ Jakobe wamisa insika ethuneni lakhe. Ngiyo lemaka lithuna laRacheli kulelilanga leli. ²¹ Israyeli wachubeka nelihambo futsi wabeka lithende lakhe mshiya lokwa kwemuhlambi. ²² Israyeli asahlala kuloyo mhlaba, Rueben walala naBilhah liphovela leyise, Israyeli weva ngaloku. Nyalo Jakobe bekane madvodzana langelishumi nakubili. ²³ Emadvodzana akhe latalwa ngu Leah ngu Reuben, litubulo laJakobe na Simoni, Levi, Judah Issachar kanye na Zebulun. ²⁴ Emadvodzana akhe na Racheli bekungu Josefa na Benjamini. ²⁵ Emadvodzana akhe naBilhah, sisebenti lesisikati sa Racheli, bekungu Dan kanye naNaphtali. ²⁶ Emadvodzana aZilpah, sisebenti lesisikati sa Leah, bekungu Gad naAsher. Onkhe lawa beku ngema dvodzana aJakobe lebekatelwe kuye asese Paddan Aram. ²⁷ Jakobe wefika ku Isaya, uyise wakhe, endzaweni yase Mamre eKirtiath Arba ( ifana nase Hebroni), lapho Abrahama na Isaac bebake bahlala khona. ^{28 29} Isaya waphila iminyaka lengange likhulu nemashumi lasiphohlongo. Isaya waphefumula kwekugcina wabese uyashona, wabutsiswa emadlotini akhe, njengendvodza lesegugile. Esawu kanye naJakobe, emadvodzana akhe amungcwaba.