18 yetfulwa ku-Abrahama embikwemaHethi, nabo bonkhe lababesesangweni lalelo dolobha.
Khenani watubula ngaSidoni, welamisa ngaHethi,
Efroni labehleti emkhatsini wemaHethi waphendvula Abrahama eva onkhe emaHethi labengena esangweni lelidolobha,
Emvakwaloko Abrahama wangcwaba umkakhe Sara emhumeni wensimi yaseMakhaphela, ngasemphumalanga neMamre, eHebroni, eveni laseKhenani.
Bo-Isaka na-Ishmayeli, emadvodzana akhe, amngcwaba emhumeni waseMakhaphela, ensimini ya-Efroni, umsa waSowari, umHethi, emphumalanga naseMamre.
Ngako-ke Hamoni nemsa wakhe Shekhemu bancandzeka baya enkhundleni yakubo esangweni lelidolobha, bafike bamemetela kutakhamiti tabo batsi:
Tonkhe takhamiti telidolobha tasemukela siphakamiso saHamori naShekhemu. Ngako-ke bonkhe labadvuna basokwa.
Ngakunika Bharuki, umsa waNeriya, umsa waMahaseya, embikwemzala wami Hanameli nabofakazi lababesayine lencwadzi, nasembikwawo onkhe emaJuda labehleti esibuyeni sabogadzi.
Bowazi wesuka lapho waya esangweni lelidolobha, wafike wahlala phansi. Kwabe sekufika lesihlobo sengati lakhuluma ngaso kuRuthe. Bowazi wasibitela eceleni, watsi: “Ase ute ngalapha, mnganami, uhlale phansi sikhulume.” Nembala waphambuka, wafike wahlala phansi.