21 Inkhosi yaseSodoma yatsi ku-Abrama: “Buyisa bonkhe labantfu bami, wena utitsatsele letimphahla.”
Abrama watsatsa Sarayi, umkakhe, naLoti, indvodzana yemnakabo, netimphahla tabo labesebatigcogcile, netisebenti labesebatitfole eHarani; bahamba nato baya eveni laseKhenani. Batsi kube befike eveni laseKhenani,
Litsafa laseSidimu laligcwele imigodzi yelitiyela. Ngesikhatsi emakhosi aseSodoma abaleka, agcumukela kulemigodzi, lamanye abalekela etintsabeni.
Ngako-ke lamakhosi lamane atitsatsa tonkhe timphahla taseSodoma netaseGomora nemiphako yawo yonkhe, ahamba.
Akabongwe Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe lonikete letitsa takho entsendzeni yesandla sakho.” Abrama wanika Melkhisedeki kwelishumi kwako konkhe.
Kodvwa Abrama watsi enkhosini yaseSodoma: “Ngiphakamisela sandla sami, ngifunga kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, uMdali welizulu nemhlaba,
Nanivunako, incenye yesihlanu yesivuno nitawuyetfula kuFaro, bese kutsi tincenye letine esihlanwini tibe tenu netemindeni yenu.”