1. UJehova wabonakala kuye ngasema-okini* aseMamre, ehlezi emnyango wetende ngesikhathi sokushisa kwemini.
2. Waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wabuka; bheka, amadoda amathathu ayemi phambi kwakhe; wathi ukuba awabone, wasuka emnyango wetende, wagijima ukuwahlangabeza, wakhothama,
3. wathi: “Nkosi, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, mawungadluli encekwini yakho.
4. Makulethwe ingcosana yamanzi, nigeze izinyawo zenu, niphumule phansi komuthi.
5. Ngizakulanda ucezu lwesikwa, nithokozise izinhliziyo zenu, andukuba nidlule, njengokuba senifikile encekwini yenu.”Athi: “Yenza njengokusho kwakho.”
6. U-Abrahama waphuthuma etendeni kuSara, wathi: “Sheshisa, uthathe amaseya* amathathu empuphu ecolekileyo, uyixove, wenze amaqebelengwane.”
7. U-Abrahama wagijima, waya ezinkomeni, walanda ithole elihle nelinonileyo, walinika encekwini; yashesha ukulilungisa.
8. Wathatha amangqanga, nobisi, nethole abelilungisile, wakubeka phambi kwawo; wema ngakuwo phansi komuthi; adla.
9. Athi kuye: “Uphi uSara umkakho na?”Wathi: “Nangu etendeni.”
10. Wayesethi: “Impela ngiyakubuyela kuwe emva komnyaka ngalesi sikhathi; bheka, khona umkakho uSara uyakuba nendodana.” USara wakuzwa lokhu esemnyango wetende ongasemva kwakhe.