¹ Jaanong Aberahame o ne a tsofetse mme Jehofa a bo a mo segofaditse mo dilong tsotlhe. ² Aberahame a raya motlhanka wa gagwe a re, ene yo o neng a le motona mo go botlhe mme gape a tlhokometse tsotlhe tse a nang natso, ''Tsenya seatla sa gago ka fa tlase ga serope sa me ³ mme ke tla dira go re o ikane ka Jehofa, Modimo wa legodimo le lefatshe, go re ga o kake wa batlela morwaake mosadi mo go barwadia Bakanana, ba ke agile mo go gare ga bone. ⁴ Mme o tla ya kwa lefatsheng la gaetsho, kwa losikeng lwa me, mme o batlele morwaake Isake mosadi teng.'' ⁵ Motlhanka a mo ra ya are, "Go tla nna jang fa mosadi a sa batle go tla le nna mo lefatsheng le? Aa ke tsamaye le morwao kwa lefatshe le o duleng kwa go lone?'' ⁶ Aberahame a mo raya a re, ''Tlhomamisa go re ga o ise morwaake koo! ⁷ Jehofa, Modimo wa legodimo, ene yo o nkitshitseng mo go ba ntlo ya ga rre le mo lefatsheng la ba losika la me, ene yo o ntsholofeditseng ka fa tlase ga maikano a re, 'Ke tla naya lotsalo lwa gago lefatshe le,' mme o tla romela moengele wa gagwe ga pele ga gago, mme o tla batlela morwaake mosadi gone koo. ^{8 9} Mme fa mosadi a sa batle go go sala morago, o tla bo o gololesegile mo maikanong a me. Fela o seka wa ya le morwaake koo.'' Jalo motlhanka a tsenya seatla ka fa tlase ga serope sa ga Aberahame mong wa gwe, mme a ikanela kgang e. ¹⁰ Motlhanka a tsaya dikamela tsa ga mong wa gagwe di le lesome mme a bolola. A tsaya dimpho di le mmalwanyana mo go mmong wa gagwe. A bolola mme a leba kwa kgaolong ya Aram Naharaime, kwa motseng wa Nahore. ¹¹ A khubamisa dikamela ka mangole ka fa ntle ga motse ga pele ga sediba sa metsi. Go ne go le maitseboa, nako ya fa basadi ba yang go ga metsi. ¹² Mme a re, ''Jehofa, Modimo wa mong wa me, mphe bokgone tsatsing jeno mme o supe boikanyego mo kgolaganong ya gago le mong wa me Aberahame. ¹³ Bona fano, ke eme ga pele ga motswedi wa metsi, mme barwadia batho ba motse o ba tlile go ga metsi. ¹⁴ A go dirafale jaana. Fa e kare ke raya morweetsana ke re, 'Ke a kopa, digela nkgwana ya gago o nkgele ke nwe,' mme a bo a re, 'Nwaa, gape ke tla siela le dikamela tsa gago go re le tsone di nwe,' e tla nna ene yo o mo tlhophetseng motlhanka wa gago Isake. Ka tsela eo ke tla itse fa o nnile boikanyego mo kgolaganong ya gago le mong wa me'' ¹⁵ Go ne ga diragala go re pele fa a fetsa go bua fela, bona, Rebeka a tla ka kgamelo ya gagwe e le mo mahetleng a gagwe. Rebeka e ne e le morwadia Bethuele morwa Milika, mosadi wa ga Nahore, morwaaragwe Aberahame. ¹⁶ Morweetsana a bo a le montle fela thata e le lekgela. O ne a ise a kopane le monna. A tsamaela kwa motsweding, a tlatsa nkgwana mme a tswa. ¹⁷ Mme motlhanka a sianela kwa go ene a mo kopantsha mme a re, ''Ke kopa go re o ntshiele metsinyana mo kgamelong ya gago ke tle ke nwe.'' ¹⁸ A bo a re, ''Nwaa, morena wa me,'' mme ka bonako a digela kgamelo ya gagwe, a mo siela metsi go nwa. ¹⁹ Ya re a sena go mo siela metsi go nwa, a re, "'Ke tla siela le dikamela tsa gago go re le tsone di nwe, go fitlhelela di felela tsotlhe.'' ²⁰ Jalo a akofa a kgaritlhelela metsi a nkgwana mo mokorong, mme a sianela gape kwa sedibeng go ga metsi, a ga metsi go fitlhelela dikamela di felela go nwa fela tsotlhe. ²¹ Monna a mo lebelela ka tidimalo go bona fa Jehofa a tlhogonolafaditse leoto la gagwe kgotsa nyaa. ²² Fa dikamela tsa gagwe di fetsa go nwa, monna a ntsha mhitshana wa nko wa gauta wa bokete jwa dishekele tse some, le maseka a gauta a matsogo a gagwe, ²³ mme a botsa, ''O morwadia mang? Mpolelele tlhe, a gona le bonno kwa ntlong ya ga rraago mo re ka bonang boroko mo bosigong jono?'' ²⁴ A mo raya a re, ''Ke morwadia Betheule morwa Milika, yo a mo tsholetseng Nahore.'' ²⁵ A mo raya gape a re, ''Re na le letlhaka le dijo tse dintse, le bonno fa le ka bonang boroko jwa bosego jono." ²⁶ Jalo monna a inama a obamela Jehofa. ²⁷ A re, ''A go bakwe Jehofa, Modimo wa mong wame Aberahame, yo o sa fetogelang boikanyego jwa kgolagano ya gagwe le boitshephegi mo go mong wa me. Fa e le nna, Jehofa o nkgogetse fela kwa go ba losika la mong wa me.'' ²⁸ Morweetsana a sianela go bolelela ba ntlo ya ga mmaagwe dilo tse tsotlhe. ²⁹ Mme Rebeka a bo a na le kgaitsadie, mme leina la gagwe ya bo e le Labane. Labane a sianela monna yo o neng a le mo tseleng go bapa le motswedi. ³⁰ Ya re a sena go bona mhitshana wa nko le maseka mo matsogong a ga kgaitsadie, gape a sena go utlwa mafoko a ga Rebeka kgaitsadie, ''Se ke sone se monna a se mpoleletseng,'' a ya kwa monneng, mme, bonang, a bo a eme fa motsweding. ³¹ Jalo Labane a re, ''Tlaa, motshepiwa wa ga Jehofa. Ke ka go reng fa o eme kwa ntle? Ke baakantse boroko, le lefelo la dikamela.'' ³² Jalo monna a ya kwa ntlong mme a belesolola dikamela. Dikamela tsa neelwa letlhaka le dijo, le metsi go mo tlhapisa dinao le dinao tsa ba a neng a na le bone. ³³ Ba mo tsholela dijo, mme a re, ''Ga kena go ja go fitlhelela ke bua ke bua se ke tshwanetseng go se bua. Jalo Labane a re, ''Bua.'' ³⁴ A bo a re, ''Ke motlhanka wa ga Aberahame. ³⁵ Jehofa o segofaditse mong wa me fela thata mme ebile o tumile. O mo file dinku le dikgomo, selefera le gauta, batlhanka ba banna le ba basadi, le dikamela le ditonki. ³⁶ Sara, mosadi wa ga mong wame, o tsholetse mong wa me ngwana wa mosimane, mme o mo neetse sengwe le sengwese se eleng sa gagwe. ³⁷ Mong wa me o ntirile go re ke ikane, a re, 'O seka wa batlela morwaake mosadi mo go barwaadia Bakanana, ba mo lefatsheng le a agileng mo go lone. ³⁸ Se se leng teng ke gore, o ye kwa lelwapeng la ga rre, le kwa batsalwa le nna, mme o ye go mo matlela mosadi teng.' ³⁹ Ka raya mong wa me ka re, 'Fa gongwe mosadi ga a na go ntshala morago.' ⁴⁰ Mme a bo a nthaya a re, 'Jehofa, yo ke mo salang morago, o tla romela moengele le wena mme o tla tlhogonolofatsa loeto la gago, go re o kgone go mmatlela mosadi mo go batsalwa le wena go tswa mo lelwapeng la ya ga rre. ⁴¹ Mme o tla bo o gololegile mo maikanong a me fa o ka re o tlile kwa go batsalwa le nna mme ba seke ba go mo rebolele. Jalo o tla bo o golotswe mo maikanong a me. ⁴² Mme ke gorogile gompieno fa motsweding, mme ka re, ''Ao Jehofa, Modimo wa ga mong wa me Aberahame, a tlhe, fa tota o ka dira gore loeto la me le atlege - ⁴³ ke fano, ke eme fa motsweding wa metsi - a morweetsana yo tla tlang go ga metsi, mosadi yo e tla reng fa ke re, ''Ntshiele metsinyana mo nkgwaneng ya gago ke nwe,'' ⁴⁴ mosadi yo o tla reng, ''Nwaa, mme gape ke tla siela le dikamela tsa gago'' - a e nne ene mosadi yo wena, Jehofa, o mo tlhophetseng morwa wa mong wa me.' ⁴⁵ Fela ke ise ke fetse go bua mo pelong ya me, bonang, Rebeka a tswa ka nkgwana ya gagwe a e sikere mo mahetleng mme a fologela mo motsweding a ga metsi. Mme ka mo raya ka re, 'Ke a kopa, ntshiele ke nwe.' ⁴⁶ A folosa nkgwana ya gagwe mo lehetleng ka bofefo mme a re, 'Nwaa, mme ke tla siela le dikamela tsa gago.' Jalo ka nwa, mme a siela le dikamela. ⁴⁷ Ka mmotsa ka re, ''O morwadia mang?' A bo a re, 'Ke morwadia Bethuele, Morwa Nahore, yo Milika a mo mo tsholetseng.' Ka jalo ka mo rwesa mhitshana wa nko le maseka mo matsogong. ⁴⁸ Ka jalo ka inama ka obamela Jehofa, ka baka Jehofa, Modimo wa mong wa me Aberahame, yo o nkgogetseng mo tseleng e e siameng go batlela morwawe morwadia motsalwa le ene. ⁴⁹ Mme ka jalo, fa o ipaakanyeditse go supa lorato lwa gago le le tiileng le boikanyego mo go mong wa me, o mpolelele. Fa go sa nna jalo, o mpolelele, go re ke fapogele kwa mojeng kana kwa molemeng. ⁵⁰ Mme Labane le Bethuele ba araba ba re, ''Selo se tswa mo go Jehofa; ga re na go bua sepe se bosula le e le se se molemo. ⁵¹ Bona, Rebeka ke yoo fa pele ga gago. Mo tsee o tsamae, e nne mosadi wa morwaa mong wa gago, jaaka Jehofa a buile.'' ⁵² Erile fa motlhanka wa ga Aberahame a utlwa mafoko a bone, a inamisa tlhogo fa pele ga ga Jehofa. ⁵³ Motlhanka a tlisa dikgapetlana tsa selefera le dipapetlana tsa gauta, le diaparo, mme a di neela Rebeka. A bo gape a neela kgaitsadie le mmagwe dimpho tse di tlhokegang. ⁵⁴ Jalo ene le banna ba a neng a na le bone ba ja ba nwa. Ba lala bosijo joo, mme ya re ba tsoga le le latelang, a bo a re, "Nkgololeng ke ye kwa go mong wa me.'' ⁵⁵ Kgaitsadie le mmaagwe ba bo ba re, ''A morweetsana a name a setse le rona malatsinyana, e ka nna a le lesome. Morago ga foo o tla tsamaya.'' ⁵⁶ A ba raya a re, ''Se nkgoreletseng, ka gonne Jehofa o butse tsela ya me. Nkgololeng ke tsamae ke ye kwa go mong wa me.'' ⁵⁷ Ba mo raya ba re, ''Re tla bitsa morweetsana go tla go mmotsa.'' ⁵⁸ Ka jalo ba bitsa Rebeka ba mmotsa ba re, ''A o tla tsamaya le monna yo?'' A fetola a re, "Ke tla tsamaya.'' ⁵⁹ Jalo ba golola kgaitsadiabone Rebeka, ga mmogo le motlhanka wa mosadi, go tsaya loeto le motlhanka wa ga Aberahame le banna ba a neng a na le bone. ⁶⁰ Ba segofatsa Rebeka, mme ba mo raya ba re, "Kgaitsediarona, a tlhe o nne motsadi wa dikete le dikete tse lesome, mme gape a dikokomana tsa gago di rue dikgoro tsa ba ba ba ilang.'' ⁶¹ Jalo Rebeka a emelela, ene le batlhanka ba basetsanyana mme ba palama dikamela, ba sala banna morago. Ka jalo motlhanka a tsaya Rebeka, a wela tsela. ⁶² Jaanong Isake a bo a nna mo Negefi, a sa tswa go tswa kwa Bere Lahai Roi. ⁶³ Isake a tsamaya a ya go tlhatlhanya kwa tshimong go le maitseboa. Ya re a tsholetsa matlho a leba, bonang, ga bo go le dikamela di goroga. ⁶⁴ Rebeka a gadima, mme ya re a bona Isake, a tlola a fologa kamela. ⁶⁵ A raya motlhanka a re, "Ke mang monna yole yo o tsama-tsamayang mo tshimong go re kopantsha?'' Motlhanka a mo raya a re, ''Ke mong wa me.'' A tsaya lesire, a ikhurumetsa sefatlhego. ⁶⁶ Motlhanka a begela Isake sengwe le sengwe se a se dirileng. ⁶⁷ Jalo Isake a mo isa kwa mokhukhung wa ga Sara mmagwe mme a tsaya Rebeka, ya nna mosadi wa gagwe, a morata. Ka jalo Isake a gomotsega morago ga goswa ga ga mmagwe.