7 UJehova wasebonakala ku-Abrama wathi: “Ilizwe leli ngizalipha+ izizukulwane zakho.”*+ Ngakho u-Abrama wakha i-alithare kuleyondawo, elakhela uJehova owayebonakale kuye.

13 UNkulunkulu wasesithi ku-Abrama: “Kumele ukwazi ukuthi izizukulwane zakho zizakuba ngabezizweni elizweni elingayisilo lazo lokuthi labobantu bazakwenza izizukulwane zakho zibe yizigqili, bazihlukuluze okweminyaka engu-400.+

17 U-Abrama wathi eseleminyaka engu-99 uJehova wabonakala kuye wathi: “NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla. Hamba ezindleleni zami, utshengise ukuthi umsulwa.*

8 Kanti njalo ilizwe ohlezi kulo ungowezizweni+ ngizalinika wena lenzalo yakho ezalandela* ngemva kwakho, lonke nje ilizwe leKhenani. Lizakuba ngelabo kokuphela njalo ngizakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo.”+

9 Ngokholo wahlala elizweni lesithembiso engumuntu wezizweni kulelolizwe elingayisilo lakibo,+ ehlala ematendeni+ lo-Isaka loJakhobe, labo ababezindlalifa zesithembiso sinye,+