16 Nje-ke bakhamba eBhetheli. Bathi nabasesekudanyana ne-Efrata, uRarheli wathonywa ziinhlungu zokubeletha begodu wezwa ubuhlungu obukhulu nakabelethako.

18 Ngomzuzwanakhe wokugcina (besele ahlongakala) wathiya indodanakhe le ngokuthi nguBhen-Oni* kodwana uyise wayithiya ngokuthi nguBhenjamini.*+

27 “UBhenjamini+ uzokusolo adabula amanabakhe njengepisi.+ Ekuseni uzokudla inyamazana kuthi ntambama ahlukanise ipahla ayifumene epini.”+