¹ Simakadze wasita Sara njengobe asho, Simakadze wentela Sara njengobe ametsembhisa. ² Sara watetfwala watala indvodzana kuAbraham ebudzaleni kwakhe, ngesikhatsi lesabekwa nguNkulunkulu wakhuluma ngaso kuye. ³ Abraham wetsa indvodzana yakhe libito, kuloyo labamtala kuye, Sarah lamtalela yena, Isaka. ⁴ Abraham wasoka indvodzana yakhe Isaka ngesikhatsi anesiphohlongo ebudzaleni bakhe, njengobe Nkhulunkulu ashonjalo kuye. ⁵ Abraham abenelikhulu yeminyaka ebudzaleni kwakhe ngesikhatsa indvodzana yakhe Isaya italwa kuye. ⁶ Sara watsi, ''Nkulunkulu ungente inhlekisa; wonkhe lovako utongihleka.'' ⁷ Waphindze watsi, ''ngubani loyawutsi kuAbrahamu Sara utawunakekela bantfwana, koja ngitele indvodzana ngesikhatsi sengimdzala!" ⁸ Lomnftwana wakhula futsi bekasalunyuliwe, na Abraham wenta lidzili lelikhulu ngelilanga Isaka alunyulwa. ⁹ Sara wabona indvodzana yaHagari umuEgiphthi, lowatalela kuAbrahamu, bamhleka. ¹⁰ Ngako watsi kuAbrahamu, "Kiphela lesigcila semfati kanye nendvodzana yakhe, ngoba lendvodzana yalesigcila semfati angeke yibe yindlalifa nendvodzana yami, kanye na Isaka." ¹¹ Lentfo lena beyibuhlungu kakhulu kuAbrahamu ngenca yendvodzana yakhe. ¹² Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi ku Abrahamu, "Ungakwati ngenca yalomfana, phindze nangenca yesisebenti sakho semfati. Lalela emavi akhe ngakokonkhe lakushoko kuwe mayelana nalesimo, ngoba kuku Isaka kutsi titukulu takho titowetsiwa. ¹³ Ngita phindza ngente indvodzana yalesisebenti semfati kulesive, ngoba usitukulwane sakho." ¹⁴ Abrahamu washesha wavuka ekuseni, watsatsa sinkwa kanye nesikumbha sekufaka emanti, wasinika Hagari, wasibeka ehlombheni lakhe. Wamunika lomufanana wase uyamuhambhisa. Wahambha wayingayinga ehlane lase Bhesheba. ¹⁵ Nangabe emanti saphelile kulofakela kwemanti, ugikela lomntfwana ekhatsi kwalinye lwemahlatsi. ¹⁶ Ngako wahambha, wahlala phansi sigaba lesincane asindzelene naye, Ngesigaba sekudubula butjoki, watsi, "Asengingabukeli kufa kwemntfwanami." Asesehleti ngakuye, waphakamisa livi lakhe wakhala. ¹⁷ Nkulunkulu wakuva kukhala kwalabafana, netingelozi taNkukunkuklu tabita Hagari ngaphandle ezulwini, atsi kuye, "Yini lekukhatsatako, Hagari? Ungesabi, ngoba Nkulukulu ulivile livi lebafana lapho akhona khona. ¹⁸ Sukuma, vusani lomfana, bese niyamkhutsata; ngoba ngitomenta etiveni letinkhulu." ¹⁹ Ngako Nkulunkulu wavula emehlo akhe, wabona emanti lamahle. Wahamba wayogcwalisa sigubhu ngemanti, wanika lomfana wanatsa. ²⁰ Nkulunkulu abenalo mfana, wakhula. ²¹ Abehlala ehlane lase pharani, nenina wakhe watfolela umfati waseveni lase Gibhithe. ²² Lefika ngaleso sikhatsi lapho Abimelech na Phikhol umphatsi wemabutfo emphi akhuluma kuAbraham, atsi, "Nkulunkulu unawe kukuko konkhe lokwentako. ²³ Nyalo ngako-ke funga kimi ngaku Nkulunkulu kutsi awuyongicambhela emanga, naku bantfwabami, nasetitukulwaneni tami. Ngikhombhise nase veni lapho bowuhlala khona kuleso sivumelwano sekwetsembheka kutsi ngikukhombhisile," ²⁴ Abrahamu watsi, "ngiyafunga." ²⁵ Abraham wakhonona ku Abimelech mayelana nekuhlala kahle kwemanti latisebenti taAbimelech timemuke tona. ²⁶ Abamelech watsi, " Angimati lowente lentfo lena.Awukase wangitjela kute kube ngumanje; Angikaze ngati namauhla." ²⁷ Ngako Abrahamu watsatsa timvu netinkhomo watinika Abimeleki, nalamandvodza lenta sivumelwano. ²⁸ Ngako Abrahamu wasetha timvu letisikhombhisa emhlambhini wakhe. ²⁹ Abemeleki watsi kuAbraham, "Timelele kutsini letimvu letisikhombhisa letinsikati lutibekele tona?" ³⁰ Waphendvula , "Leti timvu letisikhombhisa letinsikati utatitfola esandleni sami, khona itewuba ngufakazi kimi, kutsi ngiwugumbhe kahle." ³¹ Ngako wabita lendzawo iBherisheba, ngoba ngulapho benta khona sifungo bababili. ³² Benta sivumelwano eBherisheba, wabese Abimeleki na Phikoli, umphatsi wemabutfo akhe, babuya eveni lema Philiphi. ³³ Abrahama wahlanyela sihlahla selitamariske eBharisheba. Lapho wadvumisa Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waphakadze. ³⁴ Abrahama wasala njenge sihambhi eveni lema Philiphi emalanga lamanengi.