16. Ngoko ke seliyeyethu nabantwana bethu yonke loo nto uThixo asihluthele yona kutata. Yenza loo nto wena uThixo akuyalela yona.”
17. Kwangoko uYakobi wabakhwelisa ezinkameleni abafazi bakhe noonyana bakhe.
18. Wayiqhuba yonke loo mihlambi wayifumana ePadan-aram, wenjenjeya ukusinga kuyise uIsake eKanana.
19. ULabhan wayeye kucheba iigusha zakhe. Lo gama angekhoyo uRakeli waya kuba *imilonde-khaya kuyise.
20. UYakobi yena wamkhohlisa uLabhan ngokungamazisi uLabhan ukuba uyemka.
21. Wathatha konke okwakhe, wemka ngokungxama. Waya kuwela umlambo iEfrati, wenjenjeya ejonge kweleenduli eGiliyadi.
22. Emva kweentsuku ezintathu uLabhan weva ukuba uYakobi ubalekile.
23. Wahamba nezihlobo zakhe, basukela iintsuku zada zasixhenxe, bamfumana kwezo nduli zeGiliyadi.
24. Ngobo busuku uThixo wavela ngephupha kuLabhan, wathi: “Uze ulumke, ungathethi nto kuYakobi konke, nenjani na.”
25. ULabhan wafika uYakobi emise kwezo nduli zeGiliyadi, waza yena namadoda awayehamba nawo wemisa kwalapho.
26. ULabhan wathi kuYakobi: “Yintoni le uyenzileyo? Kutheni undikhohlisa nje, ude uqhube neentombi zam oku kwabathinjwa emfazweni?
27. Kutheni le nto usuka uzimele, ungatsho xa umkayo? Ukuba ubuxelile ngendikukhulule kakuhle, wenzelwa iingoma ngamagubu nangeehapu.
28. Akukhange undinike nethuba lokuba khe ndange abazukulwana bam neentombi zam, ndithi ndlela-ntle kubo. Hayi noko, bubudenge into oyenzileyo!
29. Ndingakwenza into embi ngoku. Kodwa phezolo uThixo kayihlo uthe ze ndingathethi nto kuwe.