7. Wakha khona i-altare, wayibiza indawo ngokuthi i-Eli Bethele, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wabonakala kuye khona mhla ebaleka ebusweni bomfowabo.
8. UDebora umzanyana kaRebeka wafa, wembelwa ngenzansi neBethele phansi kwe-oki;* igama lalo labizwa ngokuthi i-Alonibakuti.*
9. UNkulunkulu wabuye wabonakala kuJakobe, lapho evela ePhadani Aramu, wambusisa.
10. UNkulunkulu wathi kuye:“Igama lakho linguJakobe,igama lakho alisayikuthiwa uJakobe;igama lakho lizakuba ngu-Israyeli,”wayeseqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi u-Israyeli.
11. UNkulunkulu wathi kuye:“NginguNkulunkulu uSomandla;mawuzale, wande;isizwe, yebo, ibandla lezizwe liyakuvela kuwe;amakhosi ayakuphuma okhalweni lwakho;
12. izwe engabapha lona o-Abrahamano-Isaka,ngiyakulinika wena;nenzalo yakho emva kwakho ngiyakuyinika lona.”
13. UNkulunkulu wenyuka esuka kuye endaweni lapho ebekhulume naye khona.
14. UJakobe wayesemisa insika endaweni lapho abekhulume naye khona, insika yetshe; wathela phezu kwayo umnikelo wokuphuzwa, wathela namafutha phezu kwayo.
15. UJakobe wayiqamba indawo lapho uNkulunkulu akhuluma naye khona ngokuthi iBethele.
16. Base besuka eBethele; kwakuse yibangana ukuya e-Efrati; uRaheli wayesebeletha, wabeletha enemihelo enzima.
17. Kwathi esenemihelo enzima, umbelethisi wathi kuye: “Ungesabi, ngokuba uzakuba nenye indodana futhi.”
18. Usuzakuphuma umphefumulo wakhe, ngokuba wafa, waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uBenoni; kepha uyise wamqamba ngokuthi uBenjamini.