7. Wayesethi kuye: “NginguJehova owakuphumisa e-Uri lamaKaledi ukuba ngikunike leli zwe libe yifa lakho.”
8. Wathi: “Nkosi Jehova, ngiyokwazi ngani ukuthi ngiyakulidla na?”
9. Wathi kuye: “Ngithabathele isithokazi esineminyaka emithathu, nembuzi eyinsikazi eneminyaka emithathu, nenqama eneminyaka emithathu, nehobhe, nephuphu lejuba.”
10. Wamthathela zonke lezo, wazinquma phakathi, wabeka kwaba yileyo naleyo nxenye ukuba ibhekane nenye; kepha izinyoni akazinqumanga.
11. Amanqe ehlela phezu kwezidumbu; u-Abrama wawaxosha.
12. Kwathi ngokushona kwelanga ubuthongo obunzima bamehlela u-Abrama; bheka, washaywa luvalo lobumnyama obukhulu.
13. Wathi ku-Abrama: “Yazisisa ukuthi inzalo yakho izakuba ngumfokazi ezweni elingesilo elayo, ibe yizigqila, icindezelwe iminyaka engamakhulu amane.
14. Kepha leso sizwe eyakuba yizigqila zaso ngiyakusahlulela mina; ngasemuva iyakuphuma inempahla eningi.
15. Kepha wena uyakuya koyihlo ngokuthula, umbelwe usumdala.
16. Esizukulwaneni sesine iyakubuyela lapha, ngokuba ububi bama-Amori abukapheleli.”
17. Kwathi ngokushona kwelanga kwaba mnyama, bheka, nanto iziko elithunqayo, nelangabi lomlilo ladabula phakathi kwalezo zinxenye.
18. Ngalolo suku uJehova wasenza isivumelwano no-Abrama, wathi: “Ngiyakunika inzalo yakho leli zwe, kusukela emfuleni waseGibithe kuze kube semfuleni omkhulu, umfula u-Ewufrathe:
19. amaKheni, namaKhenizi, namaKadimoni,
20. namaHeti, namaPherizi, namaRefa,
21. nama-Amori, namaKhanani, namaGirigashi, namaJebusi.”