18 UJakhobe wayesemthanda uRasheli yikho wathi: “Ngizimisele ukukusebenzela iminyaka eyisikhombisa ukuze ngithole indodakazi yakho encane uRasheli.”+

22 UNkulunkulu wacina emkhumbula uRasheli. UNkulunkulu wamuzwa wamphendula, wenza ukuthi enelise ukuzithwala.+ 23 URasheli wazithwala wasesiba lomntwana ongumfana wathi: “UNkulunkulu uselisusile ihlazo lami!”+ 24 Ngakho wamnika ibizo wathi nguJosefa*+ esithi: “UJehova usenginike enye indodana.”

18 Wathi esezaphela (ngoba wayesesifa), wanika umntwana ibizo wathi nguBheni-oni* kodwa uyise wamnika elithi Bhenjamini.*+ 19 Ngakho uRasheli wafa wasengcwatshwa endleleni eya e-Efratha, okutsho eBhethilehema.+

19 Amadodana kaRasheli umkaJakhobe kwakunguJosefa+ loBhenjamini.+