9. UThixo wabuya wabonakala kuYakobi ekuveleni kwakhe ePadan-aram, wamsikelela.
10. Wathi uThixo kuye, Igama lakho nguYakobi; akuyi kuba sathiwa igama lakho nguYakobi, kuya kuthiwa igama lakho nguSirayeli; wamthiya ke igama elinguSirayeli.*
11. Wathi uThixo kuye, NdinguThixo uSomandla. Qhama, wande; uhlanga nesikhungu seentlanga siya kuvela kuwe, nookumkani baphume esinqeni sakho.
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.