22. Wavuka ebusuku, wathatha omkakhe ababili, nezincekukazi zakhe ezimbili, nabantwana bakhe abayishumi nanye, wawela ezibukweni elithiwa iJaboki.
23. Wabathatha, wabawelisa emfuleni, wakuwelisa nalokho anakho.
24. Wasala yedwa uJakobe; kwabambana naye umuntu, kwaze kwasa.
25. Esebona ukuthi akamahluli, wathinta esikhoxeni senyonga yakhe, waphinyazeka uJakobe esikhoxeni senyonga esebambene naye.
26. Wayesethi: “Angihambe, ngokuba sekuyasa.”Kepha wathi: “Anginakukuyeka ukuba uhambe ungangibusisanga.”
27. Wathi kuye: “Ungubani igama lakho na?”Wathi: “NginguJakobe.”
28. Wathi: “Igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe, kepha u-Israyeli,* ngokuba ulwile noNkulunkulu nabantu, wanqoba.”
29. UJakobe wayesembuza ethi: “Ake ungitshele igama lakho.”Wathi: “Ubuzelani igama lami na?” Wayesembusisa khona.
30. UJakobe waqamba igama laleyo ndawo ngokuthi iPheniyeli,* ngokuba wathi: “Sibonene noNkulunkulu ubuso nobuso, nokho umphefumulo wami wophulwa.”
31. Ilanga lamphumela esadlula iPheniyeli, waqhuga enyongeni yakhe.