33 Jakobe watsi: “Funga kimi kucala.” Ngako-ke wafunga, kwaba kulitsengisa kwakhe kuJakobe lifa lakhe lebutubulo.
Kodvwa Abrama watsi enkhosini yaseSodoma: “Ngiphakamisela sandla sami, ngifunga kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, uMdali welizulu nemhlaba,
Ngitekufungisa Simakadze longuNkulunkulu welizulu nemhlaba, kutsi ungacali utsatsele indvodzana yami umfati emkhatsini wemadvodzakati emaKhenani, lengihleti emkhatsini wawo.
Esawu watsi: “Sengitakufa, linalusito luni kimi lelifa?”
Jakobe wase unika Esawu lesiphuphe. Esawu wadla, wanatsa, wasukuma wahamba. Esawu waledzelela kanjalo lifa lebutubulo bakhe.
Kwatsi Isaka asamdzala kakhulu, emehlo akhe asafiphele angasaboni kahle. Watfumela wabita Esawu, indvodzana yakhe lendzala, wafike watsi kuye: “Msawami!” Wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha, babe.”
Uyise, Isaka, wambuta watsi: “Ungubani wena?” Wamphendvula watsi: “Ngingumsa wakho, Esawu, litubulo lakho.”
Esawu watsi: “Utsi aketsiwanga kahle yini kutsi kutsiwe nguJakobe? Ngobe loku sekwesibili angiphamba. Wacale watsatsa lifa lebutubulo bami, manje-ke sewutsatse sibusiso sami.” Wachubeka Esawu wabuta uyise watsi: “Awukangibekeli yini sakami sibusiso?”
Wafunga watsi kuyo: “Nome yini lotayicela kimi, ngitakupha yona, nome ngabe yihhafu yembuso wami.”
Akubete logwadlako, nome lophingako, nome lonaka live njenga-Esawu, lowatsenga kudla ngemalungelo akhe onkhe ebutubulo.
Nangabe umuntfu afunga, usebentisa libito lalomunye lomkhulu kunaye. Sifungo siyacinisa, sicedze kuphikisana kwebantfu.