16 USarayi umka-Abrama wayengamzalelanga abantwana+ kodwa wayelencekukazi yakhe engumGibhithe okwakuthiwa nguHagari.+ 2 Ngakho uSarayi wathi ku-Abrama: “UJehova ungenze ngaba yinyumba. Ngicela ulale lencekukazi yami, mhlawumbe ingangizalela abantwana.”+ Yikho u-Abrama wakulalela lokho okwakutshiwo nguSarayi.

9 ULeya wathi ebona ukuthi usemile ukuba labantwana, wathatha incekukazi yakhe uZilipha wayipha uJakhobe ukuthi ibe ngumkakhe.+

18 La ngamadodana kaZilipha+ incekukazi kaLeya ayiphiwa nguyise uLabhani. Wazalela uJakhobe abantwana bonke laba futhi sebebonke babengu-16.*