16 Makhuvaaya yaahokoloxeriwa oSikhemi ni yaavithiwa mmahiyeni Abrahaamu aathumalaawe weiwo ni mutteengo mukina wa anamwane a Emoori oSikhemi.
Vano Abrahaamu aahaakhulela oliva yeeyo Efroni aalamunlaawe, anamvaha vamaithoni wa atthu ootheene ixekeli* macira maxexe, yeeyo yaahimalaaya anamathumiha.
“Miyo kiri paahi namarwa variyariwanyu. Mukithumihere nipuro weera kipake nihiye weera kimvithe mwaaraka.”
Rakheli aahookhwa, anavithiwa mukerekhere ephiro enrowa wEfrata, eyo tiiyo oBeteleheemu.
Miyo kaakhwaaka ntoko asitithaka, okivenxe wExipitu nno ni wakivithe vamoha ni yaawosa.” Yoseefe aamwaakhula: “Kinoopaka yeeyo mukivekenlaanyu.”
Hiiho anamwane a Yakobe yaapaka yeeyo aalamulenlaawe:
Yaamurongha oKanaani, enamvitha munikhukuni nri mmatta mwa Makipela, vakhiviru wa oMamre – nikhuku nne Abrahaamu aathummaawe wa muHiti Efroni weera nikhale nawaya noovithanamo.
Moisesi aakuxa makhuva a Yoseefe, niwoko Yoseefe aahaalipeliha anamwane a Yixrayeli aweerelaka: “Vekhaikhai Muluku anookhaviheraseni ni ehuhuweene yeeyo ekuxeke makhuvaaka nno.”
Makhuva a Yoseefe yaaruuhalaaya aYixrayeli wExipitu yaavithiwa oXekhemi, ematta Yakobe aathummaaweno makhoobiri ncira a eparatha* wa anamwane a Hamori, atithawe Xekhemi. Vano elapo ele yaathatuwa yoohiyeriwa ya ekhapira ya Yoseefe.