a naʻu nō e hāʻawi aku iā ʻoe e hoʻohiki ma o Iēhova lā, ma ke Akua o ka lani, a ke Akua o ka honua; i lawe ʻole ai ʻoe i wahine na kaʻu keiki na ʻIsaʻaka, no nā kaikamāhine a ko Kanaʻana ka poʻe aʻu e noho nei i waena;
“A ua hāʻawi mai kuʻu haku iaʻu e hoʻohiki, i ka ʻī ʻana mai, ‘Mai lawe ʻoe i wahine na kuʻu keiki no nā kaikamāhine a ko Kanaʻana, nona kēia wahi aʻu e noho nei;
¶ ʻŌlelo akula ʻo Rebeka iā ʻIsaʻaka, “Ua pauaho nō wau i kuʻu ola ʻana, no nā kaikamāhine a kā Heta; inā e lawe ʻo Iakoba i kekahi kaikamahine a kā Heta i wahine nāna, e like me nā kaikamāhine o ka ʻāina, pehea lā wau e pono ai i kuʻu ola ʻana?”
Kapa akula ʻo Paraʻo i ka inoa ʻo Iosepa ʻo Sapena-Panea; a hāʻawi akula ʻo ia iā ʻAsenata, i ke kaikamahine a Potipera a ke kahuna o ʻOna, i wahine nāna. A hele akula ʻo Iosepa a puni ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita.
¶ He mau kaikamāhine ʻehiku na ke kahuna ma Midiana. Hele maila lākou a hukihuki i ka wai, a ninini i loko o nā holowaʻa, e hoʻoinu ai i nā holoholona a ko lākou makua kāne.
“A lawe paha ʻoe i kā lākou kaikamāhine na kā ʻoukou keiki kāne; a hele moekolohe kā lākou kaikamāhine ma muli o ko lākou poʻe akua, a hoʻomoekolohe lākou i kā ʻoukou keiki kāne ma muli o ko lākou poʻe akua.
‘ʻO ka wahine kāne make, a ʻo ka wahine hemo, a ʻo ka haumia, ʻo ka hoʻokamakama, ʻo ia mau mea kāna e lawe ʻole ai; akā, e lawe ʻo ia i ka wahine puʻupaʻa o kona poʻe kānaka i wahine.
no ka mea, ʻo kēlā poʻe kānaka a pau, ka poʻe i ʻike mai i kuʻu nani, a me nā mea mana aʻu i hana ai ma ʻAigupita, a ma ka wao nahele, a he ʻumi ko lākou ʻaʻa ʻana mai iaʻu, ʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻolohe mai i kuʻu leo;
a kū i luna lākou me kekahi poʻe mamo a ʻIseraʻela i mua o Mose, he ʻelua haneri a me kanalima nā luna o nā kānaka, he poʻe poʻokela ma ke anaina kanaka, nā kānaka kaulana.
A ʻo ka inoa o ka wahine a ʻAmerama, ʻo ia ʻo Iokebeda, ke kaikamahine a Levi, ka mea i hānau na Levi ma ʻAigupita; nāna nō i hānau na ʻAmerama ʻo ʻAʻarona lāua ʻo Mose, a me Miriama ko lāua kaikuahine.
“E hoʻomanaʻo ʻoukou i ka mea aʻu i ʻōlelo aku ai iā ʻoukou, ‘ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ke kauā ma mua o kona haku.’ Inā ua hoʻomaʻau lākou iaʻu, e hoʻomaʻau nō hoʻi lākou iā ʻoukou; inā ua mālama lākou i kaʻu ʻōlelo, e mālama nō hoʻi lākou i kā ʻoukou.