¹ Ono Salayi, muka Abulamu, taakanzhyala bana kuli nguwe, pele wakakwete muhimbi mutwanga, muna Egipita, izhyina lyakwe wakali Haga. ² Salayi wakaamba kuli Abulamu, ''Langa ono, Mwami wandikahya kuba abana. Ndakomba koya ku mutwaanga wangu. Ambweni njakuba abana anguwe.'' Abulamu wakateelela izwi la Salayi. ³ Cakali ciindi Abulamu naakamana kupona myaka iili kumi munyika ya Canaan aawo Salayi, muka Abulamu, wakapa Haga, mutwaanga wakwemuna Egipita, ku mulumyaakwe mbuli mukaintu. ⁴ Elyo wakaunka kuli Haga alimwi wakamita. Naakabona kuti wakamita, wakamulanga cabuhwi himalelo wakwe. ⁵ Mpoona Salayi wakaamba kuli Abulamu, ''Ooku kulubizhya ali ndime kwaba akaambo kako. Ndakakupa mutwaanga wangu mu nkumbato zhyalo, alimwi naakabona kuti wakamita, ndaka tonkaikwa mumeso akwe. Tumuleke Mwami abeteke akati kangu alimwi anyebo.'' ⁶ Pele Abulamu wakaamba kuli Salayi, ''Langa kuno, mutwaanga wako mukaintu uli munsana zhyako, cita kuli nguwe kuhumbwa nceyeeya kuti ncibotu.'' Aboobo Salayi wakamubelehela intazhi, alimwi wakatiya kuhvwa kuli nguwe. ⁷ Mungele wa Mwami wakamuyana munhi munhi a buntolo bwa meenzhyi mulukula, buntolo buli munhila iiya ku Shur. ⁸ Wakaamba, ''Haga, mutwaanga wa Salayi, ino wahvwa kuli alimwi ino uuya kuli?'' Mpoona wakaamba, ''Mebo ntiija obuya kuhvwa kuli himatwanga wangu Salayi. ⁹ Mungele wa Mwami wakaamba kuli nguwe, '' Piluka kuli himatwanga wako, alimwi nkalyaabe kubweendelezhyi bwakwe.'' ¹⁰ Mpoona mungele wa Mwami wakaamba kuli nguwe, '' Njakuhvwuzhyizhya inyungu lwako, kutewa kuti bakahvwule cakubula amweelwe.'' ¹¹ Mungele wa Mwami alimwi waamba kuli nguwe, ''Langa, ulimitile alimwi uyakuzhyala mwana musankwe, alimwi uya ku mwiita izhyina lyakwe kuti Ishmael, nkaambo Mwami wateelela ipenzhyi lyako. ¹² Uya kuba mbongolo yamwisokwe ya muntu. Taka endelani abantu boonse alimwi bantu boonse taba kaendelani anguwe, alimwi uyakuponea kule kuhvwa kubana bakwabo. ¹³ Mpoona wakapa izhyina eeli ku Mwami wakakanana kuli nguwe, ''Ndiwe Leza uumbona,'' mbwaakaamba, ''Hena mbwini ndazumanana kubona, nokuba naamane kumbona.'' ¹⁴ Aboobo cikala cakaitwakuti Beer Lahai Roi; langa, cili akati ka Kadesh alimwi a Bered. ¹⁵ Haga wakatumbuka mwana musankwa wa Abulamu, alimwi Abulamu wakaulika mwanaakwe musankwa, ngwaakatumbuka Haga, Ishmael. ¹⁶ Abulamu wakakwete myakaili makumi aali lusele a cisambomwi yakuzhyalwa Haga naakazhyala Ishmael kuli Abulamu.