3. Wamthiya igama loo mntwana uAbraham, wathi nguIsake.
4. Uthe ke akuba ntsuku zisibhozo ezelwe, wamalusa uAbraham ngokomyalelo kaThixo.
5. UAbraham wayeselenekhulu leminyaka ukuzalwa kukaIsake.
6. Wada wathi uSara: “UThixo undenze ndakwazi ukuhleka, yaye wonke ubani oyivayo le nto wohleka kunye nam.”
7. Uqokele wathi: “Ibingubani kakade obenokuthi kuAbraham ndiza kuba ngumdlezana owanyisayo? Naku ke kodwa ndizele umntwana wakhe, eyinkothovu yexhego enjalo!”
8. Lwakhula usana lwada lwalunyulwa. Wenza elikhulu lona itheko uAbraham ukulunyulwa kwaloo mntwana.
9. Ngaminazana ithile uSara wabona umntakaHagare umJiputakazi, lowa uHagare wamfumana kuAbraham, edlala ngoIsake.
20-21. UThixo wamgcina loo mntwana, wakhula ehlala kuloo ntlango yaseParan. Waba yincutshe yomzingeli. Unina wamthathela intombi engumJiputakazi.
22. Ngelo xesha kwafika uAbhimeleki ehamba noPikoli umphathi-mkhosi, wathi kuAbraham: “Yonke into oyenzayo inesandla sikaThixo kuyo, Abraham.
23. Ngoko ke khawufunge ngoku apha phambi koThixo ukuba akusokuze undixokise mna nabantwana bam kunye nabazukulwana bam. Mna ndinyanisekile kuwe, nawe ke ndithembise ukuba uya kunyaniseka kum nakubemi beli lizwe uhlala kulo.”
24. UAbraham wathi ukuphendula: “Ndiyathembisa.”
25. UAbraham wavakalisa kwanesikhalazo awayenaso kuAbhimeleki, esiphathelele nomthombo owahluthwa zizicaka zika-Abhimeleki.
26. Wathi uAbhimeleki: “Bendingazi ukuba ukho owenze loo nto; nawe ngokwakho akuzange wandixelela nokundixelela. Ndiyaqala namhlanje ukuyiva into enjalo.”
27. UAbraham ke wakhupha iinkomo neegusha, wazinika uAbhimeleki, baza benza imvumelwano.
28. UAbraham wakhetha amatakane asixhenxe kuloo mhlambi,