16. Ukufika kukaYakobi, evela emasimini ngokuhlwa, uLeya wamkhawulela, wafika wathi: “Uza kulala nam ngokuhlwanje, kuba ndikuthenge ngemithuma yomntwanam.” Walala noLeya ke ngoko kuhlwa uYakobi.
17. UThixo wayiva imithandazo kaLeya, wakhawula, waphinda wazala enye yesihlanu inkwenkwe.
18. Wathi: “UThixo uyandibuyisela kuba impelesi yam ndiyinikele kumyeni wam.” Wathi ke loo nkwenkwe nguIsakare.
19. Wakhulelwa, waphinda wazala enye inkwenkwe uLeya, eyesithandathu ngoku.
20. Wathi: “UThixo undiphe isipho esihle; umyeni wam kuya kunyanzeleka ukuba andixabise, ndizele amadoda amathandathu nje.” Wathi ke loo nkwenkwe nguZebhulon.
21. Emva koko wazala intombi, wathi yona nguDayina.
22. UThixo wamva uRakeli, wayiphendula imithandazo yakhe, wamvula wazala.
23. Wakhawula, wazala inkwenkwe. Wathi: “UThixo ulisusile ihlazo lam.”
24. Wathi ke igama layo nguJosefu, esithi: “Wanga uNdikhoyo angandongezela kwaenye inkwenkwe.”
25. Emva kokuvela kukaJosefu, uYakobi wathi kuLabhan: “Ndikhulule, khon' ukuze ndibuyele kowethu.
26. Ndinike abafazi bam nabantwana bam endibasebenzeleyo, ndihambe. Uyakwazi ukubulaleka kwam ndikusebenzela.”
27. Wathi uLabhan: “Mandiyithethe yona into yokuba ndityhilelwe ukuthi ndihlumé ndatsho ndasisinhanha ngenxa yokuba *uNdikhoyo ekusikelele.
28. Ndixelele umvuzo owufunayo nje wena, ndikunike.”
29. Uthe uYakobi: “Wazi kakuhle indlela ebendisebenza ngayo, nento yokuba yande kangakanani na imfuyo yakho ebisaluswa ndim lo.