26 Kwabe sekufika Gali, umsa wa-Ebedi, eShekhemu, ahamba nabomnakabo, emadvodza aseShekhemu ase etsembela kuye.
Ngako Abrama watsi kuLoti: “Tsine nawe sitihlobo. Ngako-ke akukafaneli kutsi sicabane ngenca yekucabana kwebelusi betfu.
watsi: “Ngiyanincenga, bomnaketfu, kutsi ningayenti lentfo lembi kangaka.
Takhamiti taseShekhemu tacipha Abimeleki ngekubeka emadvodza eticongweni tetintsaba kutsi alalele kukhuthuza nekugebenga bonkhe bantfu lababendlula lapho; loko kwabikwa ku-Abimeleki.
Batsi kube baphume bonkhe baye emasimini abo bayewuvuna emagelebisi, babuya bawahluta, base benta lidzili ethempelini lesithico sabo. Babetsi ngesikhatsi banatsa, badla, bacalekise Abimeleki.
Gali-ke, umsa wa-Ebedi, wababuta, watsi: “Ngubani Abimeleki, ngubani yena Shekhemu, kutsi tsine singabakhotsama kuye? Akasiye yini umsa waJerubhali? Yena Zebuli akasilo liphini lakhe yini? Khotsamani emadvodza akaHamori, uyise waShekhemu! Kudzingeke ngani-ke kutsi sikhonte Abimeleki?
Watsi kube Zebuli, umphatsi welidolobha, akuve loku lekwakukhulunywa nguGali, umsa wa-Ebedi, watfukutsela wagana sicoco.