mukadzi kubva kuvaKhenani.,
Miruka, uende Padhana-aramu kumhatso yaBhethueri baba amai ako; urooreyo mukadzi umwe
wevanasikana vaRabhani mukoma wamai
3 Mwari Unesimba-reshe ngaakudzwe, aite kuti mubarane, amuwanze, kuti muite dzinza gururevanhu.,
4 Ngaape chikomborero chaAbrahama kwouri nokumibarirwana yako, kuti ugare nhaka yenyika iyo
youri chigarandimo kweiri, yaakapa Mwari kunaAbrahama.”,
5 Ndizvo Isaka wakaendisa Jakobe, iye wakaenda Padhana-aramu kunaRabhani, mwanakomana waBhethueri muAramu, mukoma waRebheka, mai aJakobe naIsau., 6 Zvino Isau aona kuti Isaka waiya afumisa Jakobe nokumuendisa Padhana-aramu, kuti arooreyomukadzi; nokuti waiya amufumisa, wakamupanga echiti, “Usazoroora mukadzi kubva
kuvaKhenani,”,
7 nokuti Jakobe wakapurutana baba namai ake, nokuti wakaenda Padhana-aramu. 8 Naapo Isau wakaona vakadzi vevaKhenani avazi kudakadza Isaka baba ake,
9 Isau wakaenda kunaIshumaeri, akatora kuita mukadzi wake Maharathi, mwanasikana
waIshumaeri, mwanakomana waAbrahama, mukunda waNebhaiothi, kututsira kuvakadzi vaaiya navo.
10 Jakobe wakabuda kubva Bheeri-shebha, akaenda Harani.,11 Wakaguma pandau imweni, akaatapo usiku hweshe, ngokuti zuva raiya rabira. Wakatora rimwe
remapuwe epandauyo, akariita mutsamiro, akaata pashi pandau iyo.,
12 Wakarota hope, echiona danhidzo rakaemeswa padera penyika, nedera kwaro kwakagumamudenga; wona, ngirosi dzaMwari dzaikwira nokudzaka padera paro.,
13 Wona, Mambo Mwari wakaema padera paro, akati, “Ndini Mambo Mwari, Mwari waAbrahama
baba ako naMwari waIsaka; ndinozopa kwouri nokumibarirwana yako nyika younoata padera
payo;,
14 15 nemibarirwana yako inozodai ngebukuta renyika, newe unozopararira kuenda kumabirirazuva nokumabvazuva, dera nokubani; mhuri dzeshe dzomunyika dzinozokomborerwa mwouri, nomumibarirwana yako., Wona, ndinewe, ndinozokungwarira kundau dzeshe dzounozoenda, ndinozokuunzazve munyika ino; ngokuti andizokusii metsa ndaita icho chendakaereketa ndicho kwouri.”, 16 Jakobe wakamuka muhope, akati, “Ngegwinyiso Mambo Mwari uri mundau ino; neni andizikuzvizia.”,
17 Wakatya, akati, “A kutyisanyi kwendau iyi! Iyi ngegwinyiso imhatso yaMwari neichi musiwo
womudenga.”,
18 Ndizvo Jakobe wakamukira kumuruka mangwanani, akatora buwe raaiya akaita mutsamiro, akaridzimika kuita sika, wakadurura mafuta padera paro.,19 Wakadudza zina reiyo ndau kuti Bhetheri; asi zina reiro dhorobha raizwi Ruzi pakutanga., 20 Zvino Jakobe wakapika mhiko echiti, “Kudai Mwari echizoa neni, andingwarire munjira iyi
yendinohamba, andipe chingwa chokudya nemachira okusimira,,
21 kuti ndipetukezve kumhatso yababa angu mukunyarara, naapo Mambo Mwari unozoita Mwari
wangu,,
22 neiri buwe rendadzimika kuita sika, rinozoita mhatso yaMwari; kwezviri zveshe zvounozondipa, ngegwinyiso ndinozopa chimwe chegumi kwouri.”