UGenesise 30
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UGenesise 30
1URaheli esebonile ukuthi akamzaleli uJakobe abantwana, uRaheli waba nomhawu ngodadewabo; wathi kuJakobe: “Nginike abantwana bami, funa ngife.”
2Intukuthelo kaJakobe yamvuthela uRaheli, wathi: “Ngisesikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu owagodla isithelo sesisu sikanyoko na?”
3Wathi: “Bheka, incekukazi yami uBiliha, ngena kuye; uzobelethela emadolweni ami, ukuze nami ngizale naye.
4Wamnika uBiliha incekukazi yakhe ukuba abe ngumfazi; uJakobe wangena naye.
5UBiliha wakhulelwa, wamzalela uJakobe indodana.
6URaheli wayesethi: “UNkulunkulu wangihola, wezwa izwi lami, wangipha indodana; yingakho wambiza ngokuthi uDani.
7UBiliha incekukazi kaRaheli wabuye wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.
8Wayesethi uRaheli: “Ngabambana nodadewethu ngokushikashikana okukhulu, ngamnqoba, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uNafetali.”
9ULeya esebonile ukuthi usebelethile, wathatha uZilipa incekukazi yakhe, wamnika uJakobe abe ngumkakhe.
10UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wazalela uJakobe indodana.
11Wayesethi uLeya: “Kuza iviyo, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uGadi.”
12UZilipa incekukazi kaLeya wamzalela uJakobe indodana yesibili.
13Wayesethi uLeya: “Ngiyajabula, ngokuba amadodakazi ayakuthi ngibusisiwe; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Asheri.
14URubeni wahamba ngezinsuku zokuvuna ukolweni, wafumana amamandragora endle, wawayisa kunina uLeya. URaheli wayesethi kuLeya: “Nginike ama-apula othando endodana yakho.
15Wathi kuye: “Kuncane yini ukuthi uthathile umyeni wami na?” futhi uyafuna futhi ukuphuca ama-apula othando endodaneni yami? URaheli wayesethi: “Ngalokho uzolala nawe namuhla ebusuku ngenxa yama-apula othando endodana yakho.
16UJakobe wafika evela endle sekuhlwile, uLeya waphuma ukumhlangabeza, wathi: “Kumelwe ungene kimi; ngoba impela ngikuqashile ngamamandrake endodana yami. Walala naye ngalobo busuku.
17UNkulunkulu wamuzwa uLeya, wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesihlanu.
18Wayesethi uLeya: “UNkulunkulu unginikile umvuzo wami, lokhu ngamnika umyeni wami incekukazi yami; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi u-Isakare.
19ULeya wabuye wakhulelwa, wazalela uJakobe indodana yesithupha.
20Wayesethi uLeya: “UNkulunkulu unginikile ilobolo elihle; manje umyeni wami useyakuhlala nami, ngokuba ngimzalele amadodana ayisithupha; waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uZebuloni.
21Ngasemuva wazala indodakazi, wayiqamba ngokuthi uDina.
22UNkulunkulu wacabanga ngoRaheli, uNkulunkulu wamuzwa, wavula isizalo sakhe.
23Wakhulelwa, wazala indodana; wathi: UNkulunkulu ukususile ihlazo lami.
24Waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uJosefa; wathi: INkosi izakwengezelela enye indodana kimi.
25Kwathi uJosefa esezelwe, uJakobe wathi kuLabani: “Ngimukise ukuba ngiye endaweni yami yokuhlala nasezweni lakithi.”
26Nginike abafazi bami nabantwana bami engikukhonze ngenxa yabo, ngihambe, ngokuba uyayazi inkonzo yami engikwenzele yona.
27ULabani wayesethi kuye: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, hlala, ngokuba ngibonile ukuthi uJehova ungibusisile ngenxa yakho.”
28Wathi: “Nginqumele inkokhelo yakho, ngikunike.”
29Wathi kuye: “Uyazi wena ukuthi ngakukhonza kanjani nokuthi izinkomo zakho zazinjani kimi.”
30Ngokuba incane onayo ngingakafiki, yandile, yaba yisixuku; futhi iNkosi ikubusisile kusukela ekufikeni kwami; manje nami ngiyakuyinakekela nini indlu yami na?
31Wathi: “Ngikupheni na?” Wayesethi uJakobe: “Awunakunginika lutho; uma uthanda ukungenzela, ngiyakubuye ngiluse, ngiluse umhlambi wakho;
32Namuhla ngiyakudabula umhlambi wakho wonke, ngikhiphe khona zonke ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimnyama phakathi kwezimvu, nezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka phakathi kwezimbuzi; futhi lokhu kuyakuba ngumvuzo wami.
33“Ukulunga kwami kuyakungiphendulela esikhathini esizayo, lapho kufika umvuzo wami phambi kobuso bakho: zonke ezingemabala nezingamagqabhagqabha ezimbuzini, nezingemnyama phakathi kwezimvu, ezingathi zebiwe kimi.
34Wathi uLabani: “Bheka, ngiyathanda ukuba kube njengezwi lakho.”
35Ngalolo suku wakhetha izimbuzi ezimizile nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimanakanaka nezimanakanaka, nazo zonke ezimhlophe kuzo, nazo zonke ezimnyama phakathi kwezimvu, wakubeka esandleni samadodana akhe.
36Wamisa ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu phakathi kwakhe noJakobe; uJakobe welusa yonke imihlambi kaLabani.
37UJakobe wazithathela izinti zompopulari eziluhlaza nezom-hazeli nezomquba; waligcwalisa ngemishwe emhlophe, wenza okumhlophe okuseziqephuzweni kubonakale.
38Wazibeka izinti azihlubula phambi komhlambi emiseleni yokuphuzela, lapho umhlambi ufika ukuphuza, ukuze ukhulelwe lapho ufika ukuphuza.
39Umhlambi wamitha phambi kwezinti, wazala izinkomo, ezimthende, nezimanakanaka, nezimanakanaka.
40UJakobe wawahlukanisa amawundlu, wabhekisa ubuso bomhlambi kwezinemishwe nakuzo zonke ezinsundu phakathi komhlambi kaLabani; futhi wahlukanisa umhlambi wakhe futhi akawubekelanga umhlambi kaLabani.
41Kwathi njalo nxa inkomo ezilamandla zikhulelwa, uJakhobe wabeka amasila phambi kwenkomo emiseleni, ukuze zikhulele phakathi kwamabele.
42Kodwa lapho izinkomo sezibuthakathaka akazifakanga; zazinjalo ezibuthakathaka zikaLabani nezinamandla zikaJakobe.
43Lowo muntu wanda kakhulu, waba nezinkomo eziningi, nezincekukazi, nezinceku, namakamela, nezimbongolo.
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