¹ Abraham wakeenda kunhwa kokuya kuya kunyika ya Negev, akukala akati ka Kadesh a Shur. Wakali munhwa kule wakali kukala mu Gerar. ² Abraham wakati kukwatilizhya Sarah mwinakwe, ''Mwana akwesu mukaintu.'' Aboobo Abimelek mwami wa Gerar wakatuma kuti Sarah aboole akumutola. ³ Pele Leza wakaboola kuli Abimelek muciloto mahiku, akwaamba kuti kuli nguwe, ''Nkolanga, uli muntu nhwile akakumbo ka mukainta ooyu ngowatola, mbokunga ngumuka muntu.'' ⁴ Ono Abimelek takalikuniinga kusweena munhimunhi lyakwe wakati, ''Mwami, hena ulakozhya kuyaya nokuba cihi ciluleme? ⁵ Hena tali nguwe mwini waamba kuti mucizhyi wakwe?' Nokuba lyakwe mwini muhimbi waambawati, ''Mwana akwesu mulombwana ndacita eeci mubusongo bwa moyo wangu akusalala kwa matahi aangu. ⁶ Eelyo Leza wakati kuli nguwe muciloto, ''Izhya, ndizhyi kuti ambebo mubusongo bwa moyo wako wacita eeci, ambebo nda kacita eeci kutewa utabihi kuli ndime. ⁷ Muli kaako hekakulekela kuti umukwate. Muli kaako, mupiluhe mukaintu wamweezhyinyoko, mbo kuli muhihimi. Uya kuku paililla, kwamana uya kupona. Pele kuti naatowamu piluhya, uzhyibe kuti webo abaabo boonse bako ncobeni baya kuhwa.'' ⁸ Abimelek waka nyamuka mahwumohwumo eeni akwiita batwanga bakwe boonse kuli nguwe. Wakabaambila zhyoonse zhyintu eezhyi, alimwi balombwana baka yoowehya. ⁹ Aboobo Abimelek wakainta Abraham a kwaamba kuti kuli nguwe, ''Ino nizhyi ncocita kuli ndiswe? Mbuti mbundaka kubihila, kuti undiletele abulelo bwangu cinyonyoono cikando? Wandi citila incito itayelele kucitwa'' ¹⁰ Abimelek wakati kuli Abraham, ''Ino nizhyi cakakucita kuti ucite cintu eci?'' ¹¹ Abraham wakati, ''Nkaambo ndakayeeya kuti, 'mahimpe kunyina bukandu bwa Leza mubusena oobu, balandiyaya akaambo kamukaintu wangu.' ¹² Mubuyo, mucizhyi wangu wakahimpe, mwana muhimbi wabataata, pele tali mwana muhimbi wababaama; alimwi wakaba mukaintu wangu. ¹³ Pele Leza naakandi bamba kuti ndihiye ng'anda yabataata akuya bweenda ooku akooku, ndakati kuli nguwe, 'Weelele kunditondezhya kushomeka ooku mbuli mukaintu wangu: Kuhwumbwa ooko kubusena nkutwauka, ukaambe kuli ndime kuti, ''Mwanaakwesu mulombwana."" ¹⁴ Kumana boobo Abimelek waka bweza mbelele ang'ombe, bazhike balombwana aba zhyike bakaintu, akubapa kuli Abraham, kumane wakapiluhya Sarah, mukaintu wa Abraham, kuli nguwe. ¹⁵ Abimelek wakati, ''Langa, nyika yangu ili kumbele lyako. Kokala kuhwumbwa aawo ati kukomanihye.'' ¹⁶ Kuli Sarah wakati, ''Langa, ndamupa mwana okwenu musankwa cuulu ca siliva. Cakunhvwumba bulubizhyi buli boonse kuli ndiwe mu meso abaabo boonse bali andiwe, akumbele aboonse, yebo waimaninizhya kubambwa kabotu.'' ¹⁷ Kumane Abraham waka paila kuli Leza, kumane Leza wakamuponya Abimelek, mukaintu wakwe, aba zhyike bakwe bakaintu kutewa bacikozhye kuzhyala bana. ¹⁸ Mukuti Leza wakajala mada amaanda a Abimelek nkaambo ka Sarah, mukaintu wa Abraham.