USimakade wabonakala ku-Abhrahama ngasezihlahleni ezinkulu zemi-okhi eMamre, ezihlalele emnyango wethende lakhe, lishisa bhe. Kwathi lapho u-Abhrahama ephakamisa amehlo, wabona amadoda amathathu emi buqamama naye. Uthe angawabona, wasuka emnyango wethende lakhe, wathathela ngejubane ewahlangabeza, wafike wakhothama wathi mbo ngobuso. Wathi: “Nkosi yami, uma uthanda mawungayidluli inceku yakho. Makulethwe amanzi, nigeze izinyawo, bese niphumula emthunzini. Lokhu senize naphambukela emzini wenceku yenu, manginitholele isinkwa nimise insika, niphumule, bese niqhubeka nohambo lwenu.”
Amphendula athi: “Kulungile.”
U-Abhrahama waphuthuma wangena ethendeni kuSara, wathi kuye: “Sheshisa uthathe imicengezi emithathu uyigcwalise impuphu, uyixove, wenze amaqebelengwane.”
U-Abhrahama wagijima waya emhlanjini, wafike wakhetha ithole elihle elinonophele, walinika inceku, yaphuthuma yalihlaba, yalilungisa. Waletha izaqheqhe, nobisi, nenyama yethole ayeyilungisile, konke lokho wakubeka phambi kwawo. Ngesikhathi lawo madoda edla, yena wayemi eceleni kwawo phansi kwesihlahla.
Ambuza athi: “Uphi umkakho uSara na?”
Wawaphendula wathi: “Usethendeni.”
Enye yalawo madoda yathi: “Ngizobuya noma kanjani ngalesi sikhathi ngonyaka ozayo; umkakho uSara uzobe esenendodana.”
USara wakuzwa lokho esemnyango wethende ngemva kuka-Abhrahama. U-Abhrahama noSara base bebadala, iminyaka yabo isihambile kakhulu, uSara engasakwazi ukuthola abantwana. USara ekuzwa lokho wahleka usulu, wathi: “Kuzothi sengiguge nginje, nomyeni wami esemdala kangaka, siphinde sithokozisane na?”
USimakade wathi ku-Abhrahama: “Uhlekeleni uSara, ethi: ‘Ngisengamthola ngempela umntwana mina sengiguge nginjena na?’ Ngabe kukhona yini okulukhuni kakhulu okwehlula uSimakade na? Ngesikhathi engisinqumileyo ngonyaka ozayo, ngizobuya ngize lapha; ngizomfica uSara esenendodana.”
USara washaywa wuvalo, wenza izaba wathi: “Angihlekanga.”
Kepha iNkosi yathi: “Qha, uhlekile.”
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