27 Nati-ke titukulwane taThera: Thera abenguyise wa-Abrama, naNahori, naHarani. Harani abenguyise waLoti.
Thera watsatsa Abrama, indvodzana yakhe, naLoti, umtukulu wakhe umsa waHarani, namalukatana wakhe Sarayi, labengumka-Abrama, umsa wakhe, wahamba nabo esuka e-Uri yemaKhaledi, bacondze eveni laseKhenani. Batsi kube befike eHarani, bakha khona.
Ngako-ke Abrama wahamba, njengobe Simakadze abesamtjelile, Loti wahamba naye. Abrama abesaneminyaka lengema-75 budzala, nakasuka eHarani.
Abrama watsatsa Sarayi, umkakhe, naLoti, indvodzana yemnakabo, netimphahla tabo labesebatigcogcile, netisebenti labesebatitfole eHarani; bahamba nato baya eveni laseKhenani. Batsi kube befike eveni laseKhenani,
Atsatsa naLoti labeyindvodzana yemnakabo-Abrama, njengobe abehlala eSodoma, naye bamtfumba kanye netimphahla takhe.
Emvakwaloko Abrahama wabikelwa kwatsiwa: “Phela Milkha sewutalele umnakenu Nahori bantfwana:
na-Abrahama lowabe sewubitwa ngekutsi ngu-Abrahama.
Joshuwa wakhuluma kuso sonkhe lesive, watsi: “Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Kadzeni, bokhokho benu, kanye naThera, uyise wa-Abrahama naNahori, babehlala ngesheya kweMfula, bakhonta labanye bonkulunkulu.
Nkulunkulu wamsindzisa Loti labelungile; Loti abesavele asakhatsateke kakhulu, ngenca yekuhamba ngemanyala kwabo labangenamtsetfo.