9. UAbhimeleki wambiza uIsake, wathi: “Ingumkakho nje lo, kutheni le nto uhamba usithi ngudade wenu?”Uthe uIsake: “Ndoyika ukubulawa ngenxa yakhe.”
10. Uthe uAbhimeleki: “Imbi le nto uyenzileyo. Enye indoda ibisenokulala nomkakho, loo nto ke isifake etyaleni.”
11. Wabayala ke bonke abantu uAbhimeleki ukuba bangabakhathazi ooIsake nomkakhe, esithi owenjenjalo wobulawa.
12. UIsake walima amasimi akhe ngaloo nyaka, isivuno sakhe saba sikhulu ngokuphinda-phindeneyo, kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo wayemthamsanqelisa.
13. Waya ehluma wada wasisinhanha somfo.
14. AmaFilistiya ammonela ngenxa yemihlambi awayenayo yeegusha neenkomo, nezicaka ezininzi.
15. Asuka ayidiba yonke imithombo eyembiwa zizicaka zikayise uAbraham.
16. UAbhimeleki weza kuIsake, wathi makemke kwilizwe labo, kuba wayebaluleke ngaphezu kwabo.
17. Wemka ke uIsake, waya kumisa umzi wakhe kuloo ntlambo yaseGerare. Wakha wathi vu apho okwexeshana.
18. Wabuya wayimba imithombo eyayimbiwe nguyise, kwaleya ayidibayo amaFilistiya akuba efile uAbraham. Wayibiza kwangalaa magama yayibizwa ngawo nguyise.
19. Izicaka zikaIsake zemba kuloo ntlambo, zafumana iliso lomthombo.
20. Abelusi baseGerare baxambulisana nabakaIsake, bebanga loo mthombo, besithi ngowabo. UIsake wawuthiya igama loo mthombo esithi yiMbambano, kuba kwabakho imbambano ngawo.
21. Wemba omnye umthombo uIsake, kwaza kwaxanjuliswana nangawo. Wathi igama lalowo buButshaba.
22. Wemka apho, wemba omnye umthombo kwenye indawo ephangaleleyo. Akubangakho mbambano ngalowo, uthe ke ukuwubiza nguPhangalele. Wathi: “Ngoku uNdikhoyo usinike indawo ephangaleleyo. Siza kuba nenkqubela apha.”