12. Ilizwe endalinika uAbraham noIsake ndiliniké wena; ndiliniké imbewu yakho emva kwakho ilizwe elo.
13. Wenyuka uThixo, wemka kuye kuloo ndawo abethethe naye kuyo.
14. UYakobi wamisa isimiso kuloo ndawo abethethe naye kuyo, isimiso samatye; wathulula phezu kwaso umnikelo othululwayo, wagalela neoli phezu kwaso.
15. UYakobi wathi igama laloo ndawo, uThixo abethethe naye kuyo, yiBheteli.*
16. Banduluka eBheteli. Kwathi, kusemganyana ukuba kufikwe e-Efrata, wazala uRakeli, kwaba nzima ukuzala kwakhe.
17. Kwathi, kwakuba nzima ukuzala kwakhe, wathi umzalisikazi kuye, Musa ukoyika, kuba naló ngunyana wakho.
18. Kwathi ekuphumeni komphefumlo wakhe, kuba wafayo, wathi nguBhenoni* igama lakhe; ke yena uyise wathi nguBhenjamin.*
19. Wafa ke uRakeli, wangcwatyelwa endleleni yase-Efrata eyiBhetelehem.
20. UYakobi wamisa isimiso phezu kwengcwaba lakhe; sisimiso sengcwaba likaRakeli nanamhla.
21. USirayeli wayincothula intente yakhe, waya wayitwabulula ngaphaya kweMigdoli-edere.
22. Kwathi, ekuhlaleni kukaSirayeli kwelo zwe, waya uRubhen, wamlala uBhiliha, ishweshwe likayise; weva ke uSirayeli.Oonyana bakaYakobi babelishumi elinababini.
23. Oonyana bakaLeya nguRubhen, owamazibulo kuYakobi, noSimon, noLevi, noYuda, noIsakare, noZebhulon.
24. Oonyana bakaRakeli nguYosefu noBhenjamin.
25. Oonyana bakaBhiliha, umkhonzazana kaRakeli, nguDan noNafetali.
26. Oonyana bakaZilipa, umkhonzazana kaLeya, nguGadi noAshere. Ngabo abo oonyana bakaYakobi, awabazalelwa ePadan-aram.