30. Kwathi u-Isaka eseqede ukumbusisa uJakobe, uJakobe esand' ukuphuma ebusweni buka-Isaka uyise, wafika u-Esawu umnewabo evela ekuzingeleni kwakhe.
31. Naye wenza isilovela, wasiyisa kuyise; wathi kuyise: “Ubaba makavuke, adle inyamazane yendodana yakhe ukuba umphefumulo wakho ungibusise.”
32. U-Isaka uyise wathi kuye: “Ungubani wena na?”Wathi: “Ngiyindodana yakho, izibulo lakho, u-Esawu.”
33. U-Isaka wayesethuthumela nokuthuthumela kakhulu impela, wathi: “Ngubani, pho, othathe inyamazane, wayiletha kimi, ngayidla yonke ungakafiki, ngambusisa, na? Yena uyakuba ngobusisiweyo.”
34. U-Esawu esezwa amazwi kayise wakhala nokukhala kamunyu impela, wathi kuyise: “Ngibusise nami, baba!”
35. Wayesethi: “Umfowenu ufike ngenkohliso, wathatha isibusiso sakho.”
36. Wathi: “Aliqanjwanga kahle igama lakhe ngokuthi uJakobe na? Ngokuba sekukabili engiqinela; wathatha ubuzibulo bami; bheka, manje usethathe isibusiso sami.” Wathi: “Mina, awungigodlelanga sibusiso na?”
37. U-Isaka waphendula, wathi ku-Esawu: “Bheka, ngimmisile abe yinkosi yakho, nabafowabo bonke ngimnike bona babe yizinceku zakhe; ngimphasile ngamabele nangewayini; ngingase ngikwenzeleni wena ndodana yami na?”
38. Wayesethi u-Esawu kuyise: “Baba, sinye nje isibusiso sakho na? Ngibusise nami, baba!” U-Esawu wadazuluka, wakhala.
39. U-Isaka uyise waphendula, wathi kuye:“Bheka, umuzi wakho uyakuba kude namanoni omhlabanamazolo ezulu avela phezulu.
40. Uyakuphila ngenkemba yakho,umkhonze umfowenu;kuyakuthi lapho udlubulunda,uhluzule ijoka lakhe entanyeni yakho.”
41. U-Esawu wayesemzonda uJakobe ngenxa yesibusiso uyise ambusise ngaso; u-Esawu wathi enhliziyweni yakhe: “Izinsuku zokulilela ubaba sezisondele; khona ngiyakumbulala umfowethu uJakobe.”
42. URebeka watshelwa amazwi ka-Esawu indodana yakhe enkulu; wathuma wambiza uJakobe indodana yakhe encane, wathi kuye: “Bheka, umnewenu u-Esawu uyaziduduza ngawe ngokuthi uyakukubulala.
43. Ngalokho, ndodana yami, lalela izwi lami: vuka ubalekele kuLabani umfowethu eHarana,
44. uhlale kuye izinsukwana ezithile, kuze kubohle ukufutheka komfowenu,
45. kusuke kuwe ukuthukuthela komnewenu, akhohlwe lokho okwenze kuye, bese ngithuma ngikulande khona; ngizakwaphucwa ngani nina nobabili ngalusuku lunye na?”