17 kubva kuMutunhu Haraki, unokwira kuenda Seira, metsa kuguma kuBhaarigadhi mubani reRebhanoni ngepashi poMutunhu Hermoni. Madzimambo ayo eshe wakavatora, wakavabaya, akavauraya.
Jakobe wakatuma nhumwa pamberi pake kunaIsau mukoma wake munyika yeSeira, nyika yeEdhomu,
Dera nokubani ndiwe wakazvisika; Thabho naHermoni inodakara ngokukudza zina rako.
Kunukukai zvino muhambe kuenda kumutunhu wevaAmori nokundau dzeshe dziri pasinde, Arabha, nyika yezvimitunhu, Shefera, Negebhi, nokumhiri kworuandhle, kunyika yevaKhenani neRebhanoni, metsa kumukova mukuru, rwizi Yufratesi.
Takakunukuka tikahamba mushango ngenjira yoRuandhle Rwakatsvuka, kudai ngezvaakaereketa Mambo Mwari kwendiri; takatenderera Mutunhu Seira mazuva akawanda.
(uwo Mutunhu Hermoni unodudzwa ngevaSidhoni kuti Sirioni, nengevaAmori kuti Seniri,)
Wakati, “Mambo Mwari wakabva Sinai, wakabuda kubva Seira kuuya kwetiri; wakajeka kubva Mutunhu Pharani. Wakauya anevari makumi emazana ari gumi evakacheneswa; kubva kunyara yake yokumudyo kwakabuda mirazvu yomuriro.
Naye unozopa madzimambo avo munyara dzenyu, munozodzima mazina avo kubva pashi pomudenga; akuzoapo nomunhu noumwe unozokona kuema pamberi penyu, metsa muvapedze.
Kubvira kushango, nokuRebhanoni metsa kuguma kurwizi rukuru, Rwizi Yufratesi, yeshe nyika yevaHiti, nokuguma kuruandhle rukuru ngokumabirirazuva, ndiyo inozoita nyika yenyu.
NaJoshua wakarwa nemadzimambo awo eshe mukuwo wakareba.
nokuna vaKhenani vaiya ngokumabvazuva nokumabirirazuva, nokuvaAmori, nokuvaHiti, nokuvaPherizi, nokuvaJebhusi vaiya kunyika yemitunhu, nokuvaHivhi, vaigara ngepashi pomutunhu Hermoni munyika yeMizipha.
nenyika yevaGebhari, neRebhanoni reshe, ngokumabvazuva, kubvira Bhaarigadhi ngepashi poMutunhu Hermoni metsa kuguma Rebhohamathi,