Genesi 17:17-21

Ipapo Abhurahamu wakawira pasi nechiso chake, akaseka, akati mumwoyo make, “Ko munhu ana makore ane zana ungaberekerwa mwana here? NaSara, wava namakore ana makumi mapfumbamwe, angabereka here?” Abhurahamu akati kuna Mwari, “Dai Ishimaeri achirarama hake pamberi penyu!” Mwari akati kwaari, “Kwete, asi Sara, mukadzi wako, ndiye achakuberekera mwanakomana, unofanira kumutumidza zita rinonzi Isaka; ndichaita sungano yangu naye, ive sungano isingaperi pakati pavana vake vanomutevera. Kana ari Ishimaeri, ndakunzwawo; tarira, ndamuropafadza, ndichamuberekesa vana vazhinji, nokumuwanzisa kwazvo; achabereka madzishe ane gumi namaviri, ndichamuita rudzi rukuru. Asi sungano yangu ndichaisimbisa naIsaka, uyo wauchaberekerwa naSara nenguva iyi makei.”