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

14 Kwathi uLothi esesukile, uJehova wasesithi ku-Abrama: “Ngicela uphakamise amehlo akho ulapho omi khona, ukhangele enyakatho laseningizimu, empumalanga lasentshonalanga, 15 ngoba lonke ilizwe olibonayo ngizalinika wena lezizukulwane zakho* libe ngelenu kokuphela.+

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

7 “Ngizasigcina isivumelwano esiphakathi kwami lawe+ lenzalo yakho ezalandela* ngemva kwakho, kuzo zonke izizukulwane zenu. Lesi yisivumelwano esingapheliyo, esokuthi mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wakho lowenzalo yakho ezalandela* ngemva kwakho.