a18:1,33
b16:7,14
c26:3
d10:19, 26:6
e12:13-20, 26:7-11
fHlab 105:14
gJobe 33:15,16
h20:7
i18:23
j39:9; Hlab 51:4
kEks 7:1; 1 Sam 7:5; Jobe 42:8
lNani 16:32,33
m29:26, 34:7
nZaga 16:6
o11:29
p12:1
q12:13
r12:16
s13:9, 34:10
t20:5
u24:65
v21:25
w12:17

Genesis 20

UAbrahama loAbhimeleki

1UAbrahama wasesuka lapho waya elizweni leningizimu a, wahlala phakathi kweKadeshi leShuri b wahlala njengowezizwe c eGerari d. 2UAbrahama wasesithi ngoSara umkakhe: Ungudadewethu e. UAbhimeleki inkosi yeGerari wathuma-ke, wathatha uSara. 3Kodwa uNkulunkulu weza f kuAbhimeleki ephutsheni g ebusuku, wathi kuye: Khangela, ufile h ngenxa yowesifazana omthetheyo, ngoba uganile endodeni. 4Kodwa uAbhimeleki wayengasondelanga kuye. Ngakho wathi: Nkosi, uzabhubhisa lesizwe esilungileyo i yini? 5Kayisuye yini othe kimi: Ungudadewethu? Laye uqobo wasesithi: Ungumnewethu. Ngobuqotho benhliziyo yami langobuhlophe bezandla zami ngikwenzile lokhu. 6UNkulunkulu wasesithi kuye ephutsheni: Lami sengazile ukuthi ngobuqotho benhliziyo yakho ukwenzile lokhu; lami futhi ngikuvimbele ukuze ungoni kimi j; ngenxa yalokhu kangikuvumelanga ukuthi umthinte. 7Ngakho-ke buyisela umfazi wendoda, ngoba ingumprofethi; njalo izakukhulekela k ukuze uphile; kodwa uba ungambuyiseli, yazi ukuthi isibili uzakufa wena labo bonke abangabakho l. 8UAbhimeleki wasevuka ekuseni kakhulu, wabiza zonke inceku zakhe, wakhuluma wonke la amazwi endlebeni zazo; njalo amadoda esaba kakhulu. 9UAbhimeleki wasembiza uAbrahama, wathi kuye: Wenzeni kithi? Ngoneni kuwe ukuthi ungilethele mina lombuso wami isono esikhulu? Wenze kimi izenzo ezingafanelanga ukwenziwa m. 10UAbhimeleki wasesithi kuAbrahama: Uboneni, uze wenze into le? 11UAbrahama wasesithi: Ngoba ngacabanga ukuthi: Isibili ukwesaba uNkulunkulu kakukho kulindawo n; njalo bazangibulala ngenxa yomkami. 12Kanti-ke isibili ungudadewethu o, uyindodakazi kababa, kodwa kasiyo indodakazi kamama; wasesiba ngumkami. 13Kwasekusithi mhla uNkulunkulu engizulisa ngisuka endlini kababa p ngasengisithi kuye: Lo ngumusa ozawenza kimi, kuzo zonke indawo esizafika kuzo, uthi ngami: Ungumnewethu q. 14UAbhimeleki wasethatha izimvu lezinkomo lezinceku lezincekukazi r, wapha uAbrahama, wambuyisela uSara umkakhe. 15UAbhimeleki wasesithi: Khangela, ilizwe lami liphambi kwakho s; hlala lapho okuhle khona emehlweni akho. 16LakuSara wathi: Khangela, ngimnikile umnewenu t inhlamvu zesiliva eziyinkulungwane; khangela, uyisisibekelo samehlo u kuwe, kuye wonke olawe, labo bonke, njalo ukhuziwe v.

17UAbrahama wasekhuleka kuNkulunkulu; uNkulunkulu wasemsilisa uAbhimeleki lomkakhe lencekukazi zakhe, ukuze bazale. 18Ngoba iNkosi yayizivalile ngokupheleleyo izizalo w zonke zabendlu kaAbhimeleki ngenxa kaSara umkaAbrahama.

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