Kudzokera kuBheteri
Adanwa kuti adzokere kuBheteri, Jakobho anoviga vamwari vokumwe vachiri kutakurwa neimba yake. Baba vedu vanosimbisa zita rokuti Israeri. Zvino kurasikirwa kunowanda: mureri wake anofa, Rakeri anofa achitumidza Bhenjamini, Rubheni anosvibisa mubhedha wababa vake, uye Isaka anovigwa.
35 1Ipapo Baba vedu vakati kuna Jakobho, “Simuka, enda kuBheteri, ugaremo, uye undivakire aritari ini, ndakazviratidza kwauri pawakatiza mukoma wako Esau.”
2Jakobho akati kuveimba yake nokune vose vaaiva navo, “Bvisai vamwari vatorwa vari pakati penyu, muzvinatse, uye mushandure nguo dzenyu. 3Ngatikwirei kuBheteri. Ndichavakirako aritari kuna Baba vedu, vakandipindura pazuva rokutambudzika kwangu uye vakava neni kwose kwandaienda.”
4Vakapa Jakobho vamwari vose vatorwa vaiva mumaoko avo nemhete dzaiva munzeve dzavo; akaviga izvozvo pasi pomuouki waiva paShekemu. 5Vakasimuka vakaenda; kutya kwaibva kuna Baba vedu kwakawira maguta akanga akapoteredza, naizvozvo hapana akatevera vanakomana vaJakobho. 6Jakobho akasvika kuRuzi (ndiko kuBheteri) munyika yeKenani, aina vanhu vake vose. 7Ipapo akavaka aritari, akaitumidza kuti Eri-Bheteri—imba yaBaba vedu—nokuti ipapo ndipo pavakazviratidza kuna Jakobho paakatiza mukoma wake. 8Dhebhora, mureri waRabheka, akafa akavigwa zasi kweBheteri pasi pomuouki, wakatumidzwa kuti Aroni-bhakuti, muouki wokuchema.
9Baba vedu vakazviratidzazve kuna Jakobho, paakabva kuPadhani-aramu, vakamuropafadza.
10Baba vedu vakati kwaari, “Zita rako ndiJakobho, asi harichazova Jakobho—zita rako ndiIsraeri.” Vakamutumidza kuti Israeri. 11Baba vedu vakati kwaari, “Ndini Eri-Shadhai, Baba vako Wamasimbaose. Berekana, uwande. Rudzi, neboka rendudzi, zvichabva kwauri; madzimambo achabuda muchiuno chako. 12Nyika yandakapa Abhurahama naIsaka, ndichaipa iwe; uye ndichaipa kuvana vako vanokutevera shure kwako.”
13Ipapo Baba vedu vakakwira vachibva kwaari panzvimbo pavakanga vataura naye. 14Jakobho akamisa shongwe panzvimbo pavakanga vataura naye Baba vedu, shongwe yebwe, akadurura chipiriso chokunwa pamusoro payo, uye akadira mafuta pamusoro payo. 15Jakobho akatumidza nzvimbo pavakanga vataura naye Baba vedu kuti: Bheteri.
Mwanakomana waRakeri Wokupedzisira
16Vakabva paBheteri, uye vachine chinhambwe kusvika kuEfurata, Rakeri akatanga kurwadziwa nemimba—kurwadziwa kukuru kwazvo. 17Pakurwadziwa kwake kukuru, nyamukuta akati kwaari, “Usatya—uyuwo mwanakomana.”
18Mweya wake pawakanga uchibva maari—akanga ofa—akamutumidza kuti Bheni-oni, mwanakomana wokusuwa kwangu; asi baba vake vakamutumidza kuti Bhenjamini, mwanakomana woruoko rworudyi. a a v18 Shoko rokupedzisira raRakeri ari kufa rakatumidza mwanakomana wake kuti Bheni-oni, “mwanakomana wokusuwa kwangu.” Baba vake Jakobho vakamutumidzazve kuti Bhenjamini, “mwanakomana woruoko rworudyi”—vachishandura kuchema kuva zita resimba nenzvimbo yakasarudzwa. 19Saka Rakeri akafa, akavigwa munzira inoenda kuEfurata (ndiko kuBheterehema). 20Jakobho akamisa shongwe paguva rake—ndiyo shongwe yeguva raRakeri kusvikira nhasi.
21Israeri akafamba akadzika musasa mberi kweMigidhari-edheri, shongwe yeboka rezvipfuwo. 22Israeri paaigara munyika iyoyo, Rubheni akaenda akavata naBhiriha, murongo wababa vake, uye Israeri akazvinzwa. Jakobho akanga ana vanakomana gumi navaviri.
23Vanakomana vaRea: Rubheni, dangwe raJakobho, tevere Simiyoni, Revhi, Judha, Isakari, naZebhuruni. 24Vanakomana vaRakeri: Josefa naBhenjamini. 25Vanakomana vaBhiriha, mushandiri waRakeri: Dhani naNafutari. 26Vanakomana vaZiripa, mushandiri waRea: Gadhi naAsheri. Ava ndivo vanakomana vaJakobho, vaakaberekerwa kuPadhani-aramu.
27Jakobho akasvika kuna baba vake Isaka paMamure, Kiriati-abha (ndiko Hebhironi), kwaigara Abhurahama naIsaka.
28Isaka akararama makore zana namakumi masere. 29Isaka akafemera kokupedzisira, akafa, akasanganiswa navanhu vokwake—akwegura, azere namazuva. Vanakomana vake Esau naJakobho vakamuviga.