6 u-Abrama wadabula kulo lonke ilizwe waze wayafika endaweni yaseShekhemu+ eduze lezihlahla ezinkulu zaseMore.+ Ngalesosikhathi elizweni lelo kwakuhlala amaKhenani.

7 Ngakho banikela kuNkulunkulu idolobho leKhedeshi+ eliseGalile ezintabeni zakoNafithali, leShekhemu+ ezintabeni zako-Efrayimi leKhiriyathi-abha+ esezintabeni zakoJuda, ebizwa langokuthi yiHebroni. Amadolobho la yiwo ababezaphephela kuwo.

9 Amadolobho la yiwo akhethwayo ukuze loba ngubani owako-Israyeli kumbe owesinye isizwe ohlala phakathi kwabo abalekele khona nxa angabulala umuntu ngengozi. Wayezaphephela khona+ ukuze lowo ofuna ukuphindisela* angambulali engakathonisiswa phambi kwebandla.+

9 Ngemva kwesikhathi u-Abhimeleki+ indodana kaJerubhali waya kubafowabo bakanina eShekhemu, wafika wakhuluma labo lemuli yonke kayisemkhulu* wathi: 2 “Ngicela libuze bonke abakhokheli beShekhemu lithi, ‘Yikuphi okungcono kini, ukuthi libuswe ngamadodana kaJerubhali+ angu-70 kumbe ukuthi libuswe ngumuntu oyedwa? Lingakhohlwa ukuthi mina ngiyisihlobo senu segazi.’”*

15 UJakhobe wasesiya eGibhithe+ futhi wafela khona,+ kwaba njalo langabokhokho bethu.+ 16 Bathwalelwa eShekhemu babekwa ethuneni u-Abrahama ayelithenge ngemali yesiliva emadodaneni kaHamori eShekhemu.+