19 Emvakwaloko Abrahama wangcwaba umkakhe Sara emhumeni wensimi yaseMakhaphela, ngasemphumalanga neMamre, eHebroni, eveni laseKhenani.
yetfulwa ku-Abrahama embikwemaHethi, nabo bonkhe lababesesangweni lalelo dolobha.
Lensimi kanye nemhume emaHethi akunika Abrahama kutsi kube yindzawo yakhe yekungcwaba.
Uyawusebenta kamatima, ukujulukele kudla kwakho, udzimate ubuyele emhlabatsini, ngobe vele watsatfwa kuwo; njengobe ulutfuli, uyawubuyela elutfulini.”
Uyise watsi: “Hamba-ke uyewuhlola kutsi bomnakenu basekahle yini, nekutsi timvu tisaphephile yini, bese uyabuya-ke utengitjela.” Wamtfuma esuka esigodzini saseHebroni.
Ngifuna kungcwatjwa lapho kwangcwatjwa khona bobabe. Ubongetfwala, ungikhiphe eGibhithe ngiyekungcwatjwa lapho kwangcwatjwa khona bobabe.” Josefa wamphendvula watsi: “Ngiyawukwenta loko njengobe ushito.”
Emadvodzana aJakobe ametfwala uyise ambuyisela eveni laseKhenani, amngcwaba emhumeni wensimi yaseMakhaphela, ngasemphumalanga yeMamre. Lomgedze watsengwa kanye nensimi ngu-Abrahama ku-Efroni, umHethi, kutsi ube yindzawo yekungcwaba.
Josefa wabafungisa bomnakabo, emadvodzana a-Israyeli, watsi: “Ngetsembiseni kutsi Nkulunkulu nanikhumbula atenikhipha la, niyawuhamba nawo ematsambo ami.”
Ngiyati kutsi uyawungehlisela phansi kulabafile, endzaweni lemiselwe bonkhe labaphilako.
ngesikhatsi bantfu besaba konkhe lokuphakeme, kanye netingoti tasetitaladini, ngesikhatsi tihlahla te-alimondi setichakaza, nentsetse itotoba endleleni yayo, nenkhabunkhabu iphela. Umuntfu uya ekhaya lakhe laphakadze, labalilako bazulazula etitaladini.
Mkhumbule yena, lutfuli lusengakabuyeli emhlabatsini, lapho lwatsatfwa khona, nemoya usengakabuyeli kuNkulunkulu lowawuniketa.
Indvodza ingaba nebantfwana labalikhulu, iphile iminyaka leminyenti; kodvwa nome ingaphila sikhatsi lesidze, ingakwati kutijabulisa ngetintfo letinhle tekuphila, bese kutsi ekugcineni ingabe insangcwatjwa nakahle, ngitsi umntfwana lotelwe asafile uncono kakhulu kunayo.