1. Akuba mashumi asithoba anethoba ubudala uAbram, wabonakala kuye *uNdikhoyo, wathi: “Mna ndinguThixo uSomandla. Uze undithobele, uhlale ungasoleki.
2. Ndowugcina umnqophiso wam, ndikunike inzala eninzi.”
3. Wakhahlela uAbram, ubuso baya kuthi ngqu phantsi; waza uThixo waqhuba wathi:
4. “Ndikunika lo mnqophiso; ndithi uya kuba ngukhokho wezizwe ezininzi.
5. Akusayi kuthiwa Abram kuwe; uya kuba nguAbraham, kuba uza kuba ngukhokho wezizwe ngezizwe.
6. Ndiza kukupha inzala eninzi; abanye kuyo boba ziikumkani; kuya kuvela izizwe kuwe.
7. “Andiyi kuwujika umnqophiso wam endiwenze nawe kunye nenzala yakho; uya kuhlala uhleli. Ndoba nguThixo wakho nenzala yakho.
8. Lo mhlaba ungumfiki kuwo, ndiza kukunika wona uwume kunye nenzala yakho. Wonke umhlaba waseKanana uya kumiwa yinzala yakho ngalo lonke ixesha, mna ndibe nguThixo wabo.”
9. Waqokela wathi uThixo kuAbraham: “Nawe ke, kwakunye nenzala yakho ngokunjalo, ze niwugcine umnqophiso wam nakwizizukulwana ezizayo.
10. Nantsi into emaniyenze nina ukuwugcina kwenu umnqopiso wam: Wena kufuneka waluke, kwaluke lonke iduna phakathi kwabantu bakho.
11-12. Ukususela ngoku wonke umntwana oyinkwenkwe kufuneka aluke eneentsuku ezisibhozo ubudala; nditsho nkqu nezicaka ezizalelwe phantsi kwakho kwanezo zingeneleleyo. Lowo ke uya kuba ngumqondiso womnqophiso phakathi kwakho nam.
13. Makwaluke wonke umntu, oyinzalelwane kwanothengiweyo, ube ngumqondiso obonakalayo lowo wokuba umnqophiso wam nawe awusoze uphele.
14. Nawuphi na umntu oliduna ongalukanga uya kuhlanjwa ngamawabo, kuba kaloku uwutyeshele umnqophiso wam.”
15. Uqhube wathi uThixo kuAbraham: “Uze ungabuye uthi Sarayi kumkakho, yithi Sara.