17 Nkulunkulu wawuva umthandazo waLeya. Leya wakhulelwa, watalela Jakobe indvodzana yesihlanu.
Entsambama nakabuya etsafeni Jakobe, wahlangabetwa nguLeya. Wafike watsi kuJakobe: “Ubota utewulala nami lamuhla, ngobe ngikucashe ngemutsi wentalo lotfolwe yindvodzana yami.” Ngako-ke wavele wayawulala naye kulobo busuku.
Leya watsi: “Nkulunkulu unginike umvuzo wami, ngobe indvodza yami ngayinika sisebenti sami.” Lendvodzana wayetsa libito watsi ngu-Isakhari.
Nkulunkulu wakhumbula Rakheli, wawuva umthandazo wakhe, wasivula sitalo sakhe.
Rakheli watsi: “Nkulunkulu ungehlulele, waliva nelivi lami, wangipha indvodzana.” Ngako-ke wayetsa libito layo watsi nguDani.
Simakadze wakhuluma watsi: “Sengikubone ngempela kuhlushwa kwebantfu bami labaseGibhithe. Sengikuvile nekukhala kwabo ngekucindzetelwa nguletindvuna tabo temisebenti. Ngiyakwati kuhlupheka kwabo.
Kodvwa ingilosi yatsi kuye: “Ungesabi, Zakhariya! Umthandazo wakho sewuvakele, umkakho Elizabethe utakutalela indvodzana. Utayetsa libito layo utsi nguJohane.
Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi Hana wakhulelwa watala indvodzana, wayetsa libito watsi nguSamuweli, atsi: “Ngamcela kuSimakadze.”