¶ Kauoha akula ʻo ʻAbesaloma i kāna poʻe kauā, ʻī akula, “E nānā ʻoukou, a ʻoliʻoli ka naʻau o ʻAmenona i ka waina; a ʻōlelo aku hoʻi au iā ʻoukou, ‘E pepehi iā ʻAmenona,’ a laila e pepehi iā ia, mai makaʻu; ʻaʻole anei au i kauoha aku? I nui ke aho, a e koa hoʻi.”
Akā, makaʻu ihola nā pale keiki i ke Akua; ʻaʻole lāua i hana i ka mea a ke aliʻi o ʻAigupita i kauoha ai iā lāua; akā, hoʻōla aʻela lāua i nā keiki kāne.
ʻĪ akula nā pale keiki iā Paraʻo, “No ka mea, ʻaʻole i like nā wāhine Hebera me ko ʻAigupita poʻe wāhine, he hikiwawe ko lākou, ʻaʻole e hiki aku nā pale keiki, a hānau ʻē nō lākou.”