21 UBhiliyamu waqala amaKheni waphimisa umlayezwakhe wathi: “Indawakho yokuhlala ingeyasafuthi, isihlakana sakho sakhiwe edwaleni.
okutjho inarha yamaKheni, yamaKhenizi, yamaKhadimoni,
“Ngadlumbana ngathi, ‘Ngizakufela hlangana namadzinyanami, amalangami azakuba manengi, abe njengetjhwabatjhwaba yelwandle.
Iinzukulwana zomukhwe kaMosi, okutjho amaKheni, zakhuphuka nabantu bakwaJuda zisuka edorobheni lamasundu zaya ngerhalawumbeni lakwaJuda elingesewula yenarha eduze ne-Aradi. Zahlala lapho nabantu bakhona.
Wathi kumaKheni: “Khambani nisukele ama-Amalekhi la ukuze nangiwabhubhisako ningachaphazelwa ziingazi ngombana nina naba nomusa kiwo woke ama-Israyeli naphuma eGibhide.” AmaKheni aphuma-ke kuma-Amalekhi.