1. UIsake wabiza uYakobi, wamsikelela, wathi kuye: “Uze ungathathi nanye kwezi ntombi zaseKanana.
2. Hamba uye kulonyoko ePadan-aram, kwaBhetuweli, uzithathele umfazi apho phakathi kweentombi zikanyokolume uLabhan.
3. Wanga uThixo uSomandla angakusikelela, akunike inzala, yande, ibe zizizwe ezininzi.
4. Wanga uThixo angawagqithisela kuwe nakwinzala yakho amathamsanqa ka-Abraham, niwume loo mhlaba uThixo wayemise kuwo uAbraham kuqala.”
5. Wenjenjalo ke uIsake ukundulula uYakobi, emthumela ePadan-aram kuLabhan unyana kaBhetuweli umAram. Lo Labhan ngumnakwabo-Rabheka unina kaYakobi noEsawu.
6. UEsawu weva ukuba uYakobi usikelelwe wathunyelwa ePadan-aram,Oko kukuthi “kwiMesopotami engentla” ukuba aye kufuna umfazi. Weva nokuba xa wayesikelelwa wayalelwa ukuba angaze athathe umfazi eKanana.
7. Weva nokuba uYakobi wamthobela uyise nonina, waya ePadan-aram.
8. Waqonda ke uEsawu ukuba uyise wayengazithandi iintombi zaseKanana.
9. Waya kwaIshmayeli ke, unyana ka-Abraham, wathatha intombi yakhe uMahalati, udade boNebhayoti.
10. Wenjenjeya ukusuka eBheshebha uYakobi, esinga eHaran.
11. Wafika ndaweni ithile, walalisa apho, kuba laliselitshonile ilanga. Uthathe ilitye, waqamela ngalo, walala.
12. Waphupha ngathi ubona ileli esuka emhlabeni, yaya kuthi xhaxhe ngesibhakabhaka. Izithunywa zikaThixo zazisihla zinyuka ngayo.
13. Wabona *uNdikhoyo emi ngakuye esithi: “NdinguNdikhoyo, uThixo kayihlo-mkhulu uAbraham noyihlo uIsake. Lo mhlaba ulele kuwo uya kumiwa nguwe nayinzala yakho.