IZenzo 7:1-8

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.