7. nakuba beyinzalo ka-Abrahama, bonke abasibo abantwana, kodwa kuthiwa: “Ngo-Isaka iyakubizwa inzalo yakho.”
8. Lokhu kungukuthi akusibo abantwana benyama abangabantwana bakaNkulunkulu labo, kodwa abantwana besithembiso bathiwa inzalo.
9. Ngokuba lingelesithembiso leli zwi lokuthi: “Ngalesi sikhathi ngizakufika; khona uSara uzakuba nendodana.”
10. Akuyilokhu kuphela, kodwa kwaba njalo nakuRebeka ekhulelisiwe ngoyedwa, u-Isaka, ukhokho wethu;
11. ngokuba bengakazalwa, bengakenzi okuhle nokubi, ukuze icebo likaNkulunkulu eliya ngokukhetha lime,
12. kungabi ngemisebenzi, kodwa kube ngaye obizayo, kwashiwo kuye ukuthi:“Omkhulu uyakukhonza omncane,”
13. njengalokho kulotshiwe ukuthi:“UJakobe ngamthanda,kepha u-Esawu ngamzonda.”
14. Ngakho siyakuthini na? Kukhona yini ukungalungi kuNkulunkulu na? Qha nakanye.
15. Ngokuba kuMose uthi:“Ngizakumhawukela engimhawukelayo,ngimzwele engimzwelayo.”
16. Ngakho-ke akuyi ngentando nangokuzikhathaza komuntu, kodwa kuya ngokuhawukela kukaNkulunkulu.
17. Ngokuba umbhalo uthi kuFaro: “Ngakuphakhamisela khona lokhu ukuba ngibonakalise amandla ami kuwe nokuba igama lami lishunyayelwe emhlabeni wonke.”
18. Ngakho uhawukela lowo athanda ukumhawukela, umenza lukhuni lowo athanda ukumenza lukhuni.