17. njengokuba zisitsho *iziBhalo ukuthi: “Ndikwenze uyise wezizwe ezininzi.” KuThixo ke uAbraham ngubawo wethu sonke; lo Thixo uAbraham athe wakholwa kuye; lo Thixo unika abafileyo ubomi; lo Thixo uthetha ngelizwi zitsho izinto ezingekabikho zibekho.
18. UAbraham wakholwa, wathemba, naxa ithemba lalingekho. Wakholwa okokuba woba “nguyise wezizwe ezininzi,” njengoko iziBhalo zitshoyo ukuthi: “Iya kuba ngako ke inzala yakho ukuba ninzi kwayo.”
19. Wayemayela nekhulu leminyaka ezelwe, kodwa akatyhafanga elukholweni akucinga ngokwaluphala kwakhe nangobudlolo bukaSara.
20. Hayi, akasithandabuzanga isithembiso sikaThixo ngokungakholwa; waya esomelela elukholweni, embonga uThixo,