¹ Abrahama watsatsa lomunye umfati; ligama lakhe kwakungu Kerutah. ² Wamtalela Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, kanye na Shuah. ³ Jokshan waba kungiye waSheba kanye na Dedan. Situkulwane sa Dedan besisebantfu labangema Asiriya, emaLetush, kanye nemaLeum. ⁴ Emadvodzana akaMidiyani bekungu Elpher, Hanok, Abida, kanye na Elda. Bonkhe laba bekusitukulwane saka Ketura. ⁵ Abrahama waniketa Isaac konkhe labenako. ⁶ Nome, asaphila, wanika tipho kumadvodzana alabanye bafati, wase uwabhekisa endzaweni yaseMphumalanga, khashane naIsaac indvodzana yakhe. ⁷ Lawa ngemalanga eminyaka yemphilo yaAbram lawaphila, iminyaka lengu175. ⁸ Abrahama waphefumula kwekugcina wafa asamdzala, indvodza yemphilo lephelele, waphindze wahlangana nabokhokho bakhe. ⁹ Isaka na Ishimayeli, emadvodzana akhe, amungcwaba emgedzeni waseMachpelah, ensimini yaEphron indvodzana yaZoar umHittite, losedvute neMamre. ¹⁰ Lensimu leyo Abrahama abeyitsenge emadvodzaneni a Heth. Abrahama wangcwatjwa lapho na Sarah umfati wakhe. ¹¹ Emvakwekufa kwa Abrahamba, Nkulunkulu wabusisa Isaac indvodzana yakhe, phindze Isaac wahlala eceleni kwe Beer Lahai Roi. ¹² Ngaleso sikhatsi leso bekusitukulwane sa Ishimayeli, indvodzana ya Abrahama, Hager umGibhithe, sisebenti saSarah, lamtala ku Abrahama. ¹³ Lawo bekungemagama emadvodzana a Ishimayeli, ngendlela yekutalwa kwawo: Nebaioth- litubulo la Ishimayeli, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishmah, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, kanye na Kedemah. ¹⁶ Lawa ke bekungemadvodzana a Ishimayeli, phindze lawa bekungemagama abo, labetsa ngawo imiti yabo ngasetindzaweni tabo; tinkhosana letilishumi nakunye ngekwebuhlobo bato. ¹⁷ Lena bekuyiminyaka yekuphila kwa Ishimayeli, 1347. Waphefumula kwekugcina wase uyafa, phindze wahlangana nabakhokho bakhe. ¹⁸ Bahlala kusukela e Havila kuya e Ashhur, leseceleni kwase Gibhithe, nawubheka e Asiriya. Bebaphila ngekuhlaselana bodvwa. ¹⁹ Lena bekumicimbi lephatselene na Isaka, indvodzana ya Abrahama. ²⁰ Isaac bekaneminyaka lengemashumi lamane nakatsatsa umfati wakhe Rebekah, indvodzakati ya Bethuel na Aramean wase Peddan Aram, dzadze wa Laban um Arabi. ²¹ Isaka wathantaza ku Simakadze athantazela umfati wakhe ngobe bekangabatfoli bantfwana, wase Simakadze uyawuphendvula umthantazo wakhe, phindze nemfati wakhe Rebekha wakhulelwa. ²² Labantfwana basokola kanye naye, wase utsi, "kwentekelani loku kimi?". Wahamba wayawucela Simakadze ngaloku. ²³ Simakadze watsi kuye, "Tive letimbili tisesinyeni sakho, phindze bantfu lababili batawehlukaniswa ngekhatsi kwakho. Munye wabo utawuba nemandla kunalolomunye, phindze lolomdzala utawkhotsamela lolomncane. ²⁴ "Nasekusikhatsi sekutsi abeleke, wabeleka emaphahla. ²⁵ Litubulo lakhe laphuma libovu wonkhe umtimba njenge ngubo leneboya. Bametsa batsi ngu Isawu. ²⁶ Emvakwaloko, umnakabo wabelekwa. Sandla sakhe besibambe sitsendze sa Isawu. Wabitwa ngekutsi ngu Jakobe. Isaka bekaneminyaka lengemashumi lasitfupha nakababeleka umfati wakhe. ²⁷ Labafana bakhula, wase Isawu uba ngumtingeli lonelikhono, indvodza yensimu; kodvwa Jakobe abeyindvodza lesithuli, lobekacitsa sikhatsi asethendeni lakhe. ²⁸ Wase Isaac utsandza Isawu ngobe bekadla letilwane bekatitingela, kodvwa Ribhekha atsandza Jakobe. ²⁹ Jakobe wapheka lowo mshibo lobovu. Isawu wangena abuya ensimini, angenamandla ngenca yendlala. ³⁰ Isawu watsi ku Jakobe, "Ngiphakele leyo nyama lebovu. Ngiyacela, ngidziniwe!". Ngiko wabese ubitwa nga Idomu. ³¹ Jakobe watsi, "ngitsengisele lifa lakho lebutulo. ³² Isawu watsi, "Buka la, sengitawufa. Linabuhle buni lelifa lami kimi?". ³³ Jakobe watsi, Kwekucala funga kimi, "ngako Isawu wafunga wase ulitsengisa kanjalo lelifa lakhe lebutubulo kuJakobe. ³⁴ Jakobe wanika Isawu sinkhwa nalomshibo wetinhlumaya. Wadla wanatsa, wase uyasukuma ungenela indlela yakhe. Ngaleyo ndlela Isawu wadzelela lifa lebutulo bakhe.