¹ Yeta emvakwe tintfo lapho khona Nkunkula avivinya Abrahama. Watsi kuye, "Abrahamu!" Abrahamu watsi, Ngilapha Nkhosi." ² Wase Nkulunkulu utsi,"Tsatsa lendvodzana yakho, indvodzana leyodvwa, loyitsandzako, Isaka, uye eveni laseMoriya. Mente umhlatjelo kuyinye yetintsaba lapho, lengitakulayela yona." ³ Ngako Abrahama wavuka lokwa ekuseni wabophela imbhongolo yakhe, watsatsa emandvodza lamancane akhe abamabili kuye, kanye na Isaka indvodzana yakhe. Wajuba tinkhuni temhlabelo labetawufike atishise, wabese wabese ulungiselela indlela yakhe lapho Nkulunkulu amtjele ngayo. ⁴ Ngelilanga lesitsatfu Abrahama wabuka etulu wabona indzawo isesekhashane. ⁵ Abrahama watsi kulamandvodza lamancane akhe, "Hlalaninlapha naleti mbhongolo, mine nalomfana sisaya lapha. Sitawu dvumisa phindze sibuye kini." ⁶ Ngako Abrahama watsatsa tinkuni temhlatjelo watibeka kuIsaka indvodzana yakhe. Watsatsa umlilo esandleni sakhe kanye nemukhwa; bahambha bobabili kanyekanye. ⁷ Isaka wakhuluma ku-Abrahama uyisa watsi, "Babe wami,"waphendvula watsi, "Ngilapha, ndvodzana yami." Watsi, "Buka lapha ngumilo netinkuni, kodvwa iphi imvu yemhlatjelo?" ⁸ Abrahama watsi, "Nkulunkulu lucobolwakhe utatibonela yena imvu yemhlatjelo, musa wami." Ngako bachumeka, bobabili kanyekanye. ⁹ Batsi kube bafike kulendzawo lapho Nkulunkulu abatjela ngalo, Abrahama wakha lilati walungisa tinkhuni etukwelilati. Wabopha Isaka umusa wakhe, wamubeka etikwelilata, ngetulu kwetinkhuni. ¹⁰ Abrahama welula sandla sakhe, watsatsa umukwa atewubulala umusa wakhe. ¹¹ Ngako ingelozi yaSimakadze wamubita asezulwini watsi, "'Abrahama, Abrahama!" waphendvula watsi, Ngilapha Nkhosi." ¹² Watsi,"Ungasibeki sandla sakho kulomfana, ungangenti intfo letomulimata, ngoba ngiuyati kutsi uyamesaba Nkulunkulu, kubona kutsi awukangigodleni indvodzana yakho lekukuphela kwayo, kimi." ¹³ Abrahama wabuka etulu wacaphela, emvakwakhe bekune sihhanca ehlatsini sibanjwe ngetimphondvo takhe. Abrahama wahambha watsatsa lesihhanca wanikela njenge mhlatjelo esikhundleni sendvodzana yakhe. ¹⁴ Ngako Abrahama wabita lendzawo, "Simakadze utawunika," kwabese kutsiwa kulelilanga, " Entsabeni yaSimakadze uyatibonela." ¹⁵ Ingelosi yaSimakadze yabita Abrahama kwesibili ezulwini ¹⁶ watsi-lesimemetelo Sasimakadze- ngami ngifungile ngoba wente lentfo lena, angikaze ngagcina indvodzana yakho, leyikuphela, ¹⁷ Ngitawuciniseka kutsi ngiyakubusisa phindze ngitawandzisa titukulwane takho njenge tinkhanyeti telizulu, tikukulwane takho titawubhubhisa ligede letitsa tabo. ¹⁸ Ngemunikela wakho etiveni tonkhe temhlaba titawubusiswa, ngobe utfobele livi lami." ¹⁹ Ngako Abrahama wabuyela emandvodzaneni akhe lamancane, wabese bayajika ndzawonye eBherisheba, wabese uhlala eBherisheba ²⁰ Kwenta emvakwetintfo Abrahama latjelwa tona, "Mikha watala bantfwana, naye, kumnakenu Naho." ²¹ Bekuna Uz indvodzana yakhe yekucala, Buz umnakabo, Kumewela uyise wa Arama, ²² Keswdi, Hazo, Pildash, Jildlaph, na Bhethuweli. ²³ Bhethuweli waba nguyise wa Rebeka. Laba bantfwana besiphohlongo Mikha atalalela Nahowo, Abraham's umnakabo. ²⁴ Tintfombhi, libito lakhe bekungu Reumah, naye watala Tebha, Gaham, Tahash, na Maacah.