IZenzo 7:1-16

Umphristi omkhulu wayesethi: “Ngabe impela lokhu kunjalo yini na?” Yena wathi: “Madoda, bazalwane, nani bobaba, lalelani. UNkulunkulu wenkazimulo wabonakala kukhokho wethu u-Abhrahama eseMesophothamiya, engakathutheli eHarana, wathi kuye: ‘Phuma ezweni lakini nasezihlotsheni zakho, uye ezweni engizakukhombisa lona.’ “Waphuma ezweni lamaKhaledi, wayokwakha eHarana. Emva kokufa kukayise, uNkulunkulu wamsusa lapho, wamhlalisa kuleli lizwe enakhe kulo nina manje. Kepha akamnikanga ifa kulo, ngisho nesiqinti esingangonyawo, kodwa wethembisa ukuthi uzakumnika lona libe ngelakhe nenzalo yakhe, emva kwakhe, engakabi namntwana. UNkulunkulu wakhuluma kanje, wathi: ‘Ulibo lwakhe luzakuba ngumfokazi ezweni lezizwe; bayakulugqilaza, baluphathe kabi iminyaka engama-400. Kepha leso sizwe abayakuba yizigqila zaso; ngiyakusehlulela,’ kusho uNkulunkulu, ‘emveni kwalokho bayakuphuma, bangikhonze kule ndawo.’ “Wayesemnika isivumelwano sokusoka. Waba kanjalo-ke nguyise ka-Isaka, wamsoka ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili. U-Isaka wazala uJakobe, uJakobe wazala okhokho abali-12. “Okhokho baba nomhawu ngoJosefa, base bethengisa ngaye eGibhithe, kodwa uNkulunkulu wayenaye. Wamkhulula kuzo zonke izinhlupheko ezamehlelayo, wamupha umusa nokuhlakanipha phambi kukaFaro, iNkosi yaseGibhithe. UFaro wambeka ukuba abe ngumbusi eGibhithe nakuyo yonke indlu yakhe. “Kepha kwafika indlala kulo lonke iGibhithe naseKhanani, nokuhlupheka okukhulu; okhokho kabakutholanga ukudla. Kuthe uJakobe esezwile ukuthi kukhona ukudla eGibhithe, wayesethumela okhokho okokuqala. Kwathi sebebuyela okwesibili, uJosefa waziveza kubafowabo, uFaro wayesaziswa ngomndeni kaJosefa. UJosefa wathumela, walanda uyise uJakobe nabo bonke abakubo, abantu abangama-75. UJakobe wehlela eGibhithe; wafela khona, yena nawokhokho. Babuyiswa eShekhemu, babekwa ethuneni u-Abhrahama ayelithenge ngenani lesiliva kumadodana kaHamori eShekhemu.