1 Simakadze wabonakala ku-Abrahama ngasema-okhini aMamre, ahleti ngasemnyango welithende lakhe ngesikhatsi sekushisa kwelilanga.
Simakadze wabonakala ku-Abrama, watsi: “Lelive ngiyawulinika titukulwane takho.” Abrama wakhela Simakadze lilati, ngobe abebonakele lapho kuye.
Ngako-ke, Abrama walitfutsa lithende lakhe walimisa ngasetihlahleni tema-okhi eMamre, leseHebroni; wafike lapho wakhela Simakadze lilati.
Lomunye waphunyuka wabaleka wayawubikela Abrama, umHebheru, labehlala ngasetihlahleni tema-okhi aMamre, um-Amori, umnakabo-Eshkoli na-Aneri. Bonkhe-ke laba bebabambisene na-Abrama.
Emvakwaloko livi laSimakadze lefika ku-Abrama ngembono, latsi: “Abrama, ungesabi. Ngisihlangu sakho, umvuzo wakho utawuba mkhulu.”
Watsi kube Nkulunkulu acedze kukhuluma na-Abrahama, wamshiya, wenyuka.
Ngako-ke lamadvodza esuka lapho acondza ngaseSodoma; kepha Abrahama wasala embikwaSimakadze.
Abrahama wesuka kulelo live waya eveni laseNegevu, eningizimu naseKhenani. Wafike wahlala emkhatsini weKhadeshi neShuri; wahlalahlala eGerari.
Simakadze wabonakala ku-Isaka watsi: “Ungehleli eGibhithe. Ubohlala eveni lengitakukhombisa lona.
Jakobe wahamba waze wefika ekhaya leyise, Isaka, eMamre ngaseKhiriyathi Abha leseyatiwa ngekutsi iHebroni, lapho kwakuhlala khona Abrahama na-Isaka.
Jakobe wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Nkulunkulu Somandla wabonakala kimi eLuzi, eveni laseKhenani wangibusisa,
Ngalobo busuku Nkulunkulu watibonakalisa kuSolomoni, watsi kuye: “Cela nome ngabe yini lofuna kutsi ngikuphe yona.”
Mosi waphendvula Nkulunkulu watsi: “Ngitawutsini, nangitawutsi ngiyabatjela labantfu bangete bangikholwa bangangilaleli nekungilalela bangitjele batsi: ‘Nkulunkulu akaze abonakale kuwe’?”
Stefano waphendvula watsi: “Bazalwane, nani bobabe, lalelani kimi! Nkulunkulu weludvumo wabonakala kukhokho wetfu Abrahama asahlala eMesophothamiya, asengakatfutsi kuyakwakha eHarani,
Ngekukholwa waba sihambi eveni labetsenjiswe lona. Wahlala emathendeni; benta njalo nabo-Isaka naJakobe. Nabo baba tindlalifa kanye naye kuso leso setsembiso,
Ningakhohlwa kungenisa tihambi emakhaya enu, ngobe labanye ngekwenta njalo bangenisa tingilosi bangaketeleli.
Joshuwa nasasedvute neJerikho watsi uphakamisa emehlo, wabona indvodza ime embikwakhe ihoshule inkemba yayo iyiphetse ngesandla sayo. Joshuwa wasondzela kuyo wayakuyibuta, wafike watsi: “Ukanye natsi yini nome umelene natsi?”