Genesi 12:1-5

Zvino Jehovha wakati kuna Abhuramu, “Ibva panyika yako, nokuhama dzako, nokuimba yababa vako, uende kunyika yandichakuratidza iyo; ndichakuita rudzi rukuru, ndichakuropafadza, ndichakudza zita rako, iwe uropafadze vamwe. Ndicharopafadza ivo vanokuropafadza; unokutuka, ndichamutukawo; marudzi ose enyika acharopafadzwa mauri.” Naizvozvo Abhuramu wakaenda sezvaakaudzwa naJehovha; naRoti wakaenda naye. Abhuramu wakanga ana makore ana makumi manomwe namashanu pakubva kwake Harani. Abhuramu akatora Sarai, mukadzi wake, naRoti, mwanakomana womun'una wake, nepfuma yavo yose yavakanga vaunganidza, navana vavakanga vabereka paHarani, vakabuda kuenda kunyika yeKenani; vakandosvika kunyika yeKenani.