34 Kwatsi Esawu nasaneminyaka lengemashumi lamane, watsatsa umfati, libito lakhe bekunguJudithi, indvodzakati ya-Beri, umHethi; wabuye watsatsa naBhasemathi, indvodzakati ya-Eloni, umHethi.
Ngitekufungisa Simakadze longuNkulunkulu welizulu nemhlaba, kutsi ungacali utsatsele indvodzana yami umfati emkhatsini wemadvodzakati emaKhenani, lengihleti emkhatsini wawo.
Rebheka watsi ku-Isaka: “Ngidziniwe kuphila ngenca yalabalukatana baka-Esawu labatsatsa kumaHethi. Nangabe naJakobe angatsatsa umfati emkhatsini walamaHethi, lafanana nalawa lengihleti nawo, kungaba ncono ngimane ngife lokungenani!”
Esawu watsi kube abone kutsi emadvodzakati emaKhenani abengamjabulisi uyise,
wesuka wayawutsatsa Mahalathi wamenta umkakhe etikwalabafati labenabo. Mahalathi abengudzadzewaboNebayothi, indvodzakati ya-Ishmayeli, umsa wa-Abrahama.
Emadvodzana a-Rehuweli bekuboNahathi, naZera, naShama, naMiza. Ngulabo-ke batukulu baBhasemathi, umka-Esawu.
Esawu watsatsa bafati etintfombini temaKhenani: Ada, indvodzakati ya-Eloni, umHethi, na-Oholibama, indvodzakati ya-Ana, umsa waSibeyoni, umHivi,
Oholibama watala Jewushe, naJalamu, naKhora. Ngiwo lawa-ke emadvodzana a-Esawu lawatalelwa aseseveni laseKhenani.
Emadvodzana enu ningawatsatseli bafati emadvodzakatini abo, ngobe uma labantfu sebaphinga nome bagwadla ngekukhonta letithico tabo, nalamadvodzana enu atawudvonseleka kuloko.
Kodvwa-ke ngenca yebuphingi, akube nguleyo naleyo ndvodza ibe newayo umfati, nalowo mfati abe neyakhe indvodza.
Akubete logwadlako, nome lophingako, nome lonaka live njenga-Esawu, lowatsenga kudla ngemalungelo akhe onkhe ebutubulo.
Davide wabuta ku-Ahimeleki, umHethi, na-Abishayi, umsa waSeruya, umnakaboJowabe, watsi: “Ngubani lotakwehla nami siye lapha enkambu kuSawula?” Abishayi waphendvula watsi: “Mine ngitawuhamba nawe.”