¹ Modimo a raya Jakoba a re, ''Emelela, tsamaya o ye Bethele, mme o nne go ne koo. ² O agele Modimo aletara teng, yo o goiponagaditseng fa o ne o tshabile morwaarago Esau.'' Jalo Jakobe a bolelela ba ntlo ya gagwe botlhe ba ba neng ba na le ene, "Kgaogana le medimo ya seeng e e mo go lona, iphepafatse, mme o fetole le diaparo tsa gago. ³ Jalo a re emeleleng re ye Bethele. Ke tla agela Modimo aletara teng koo, ene yo o nkarabileng mo letsatsing la khuduego, mme o sale a nna le nna gongwe le gongwe kwa ke teng.'' ⁴ Mme ba neela Jakobe medimo ya seeng yotlhe e e neng e le mo diatleng tsa bone, le manyena e a neng a le mo ditsebeng tsa bone. Jakobe a a epela kafa tlase ga setlhare sa mooka se se gaufi le Shekeme. ⁵ Ya re ba tsamaya, Modimo wa dira go re ketsaetsego e fologele mo ditoropong tse di mo tikologong ya bone, ka jalo batho bao ba seka ba latela barwa ba ga Jakobe. ⁶ Mme Jakobe a goroga kwa Lusa (ke go re, Bethele), yo o leng mo lefatsheng la Kanana, ene le batho botlhe ba a neng a na le bone. ⁷ A aga aletare gone foo mme a e bitsa leina a re El Bethele, ka gonne Modimo o ne wa mo itshenolela teng foo fa a ne a tshabile morwarraagwe. ⁸ Debora, mmelegi wa ga Rebeka a swa. O ne a fitlhwa ka fa tlase ga setlhare sa mooka kwa borwa ja Bethele, mme lefelo la bitswa Alone Bakuthe. ⁹ E rile fa Jakobe a goroga go tswa Patane Arame, Modimo wa iponagatsa kwa go ene gape mme a mo segofatsa. ¹⁰ Modimo a mo raya a re, ''Leina la gago ke Jakobe, mme ga o na go tlhola o bidiwa Jakobe. Leina la gago e tla nna Iseraele.'' Jalo Modimo wa bitsa leina la gagwe Iseraele. ¹¹ Modimo wa mo raya wa re, ''Ke Modimo Mothatayotlhe. Ungwa mme o oketsege. Tshaba le ditshaba di tla tswa mo go wena, mme bangwe ba ditshika tsa gago e tla nna dikgosi. ¹² Lefatshe le ke le fileng Aborahame le Isake, ke tla le go fa. Le ditshika tse di tla tlang morago ga gago le tsone ke tla di fa lefatshe." ¹³ Modimo wa katoga mo go ene o sena go bua le ene. ¹⁴ Jakoba a tlhoma pilara mo lefelong le Modimo o neng o buile le ene teng, pilara ya letlapa. A tshela tshupelo ya seno mo go yone le leokwane mo godimo ga yone. ¹⁵ Jakobe a bitsa lefelo le Modimo o buileng le ene teng, a re Bethele ¹⁶ Ba tsamaya ba tswa mo Bethele. Ya re ba santse ba le kgakajana le Ephirathe, Ragele a tsena mo ditlhabing. A nna le ditlhabi tse di tseneletseng. ¹⁷ Ya re a le mo ditlhabing tse di tseneletseng, mmelegisi a mo raya a re, ''Se boife, ka jaanong o tla tshola ngwana o mongwe wa mosimane''. ¹⁸ Ya re a le mo motsotsong wa bofelo wa loso a raya ngwana leina a re Bene-Oni, mme rraagwe a mmitsa Benjamine. ¹⁹ Ragele a swa mme a fitlhwa mo tseleng e e yang Ephirathe (ke go re, Bethelehema). ²⁰ Jakobe a tlhoma sehikantswe mo phuphung ya gagwe. Ke yone e supang phuphu ya ga Ragele le jaanong. ²¹ Iseraele a tsamaela kwa pele mme a tlhoma tante ya gagwe kgakala le kago ya tebelo ya letsomane. ²² Erile fa Iseraele a santse a agile mo lefatsheng leo, Rubene a robala le Beliha yo o iphatlhang le rragwe, mme Iseraele aultwa kgang eo. Jaanong Jakobe o ne a na le barwa ba le lesome le bobedi. ²³ Bomorwawe ba a ba tshotseng le Leya e ne e le Rubene, morwa Jakoba wa ntlha, le Simeyone, Lefi, Juta, Isakare, le Sebulone. ²⁴ Bomorwawe ba a ba tshotseng le Ragele e ne e le Josefa le Benjamine. ²⁵ Ba a ba tshotseng le Bileha, motlhankagadi wa ga Ragele, ya bo e le Dan le Nafitale. ²⁶ Bomorwawe Silepa, motlhankagadi wa ga Laya, e ne e le Gade le Ashere. Bao botlhe e ne e le bomorwawe Jakobe ba a ba tsholetseng kwa Padane Arame. ²⁷ Jakobe a tla kwa go Isake, rragwe, ba le kwa Mamere kwa Kiriathe Areba (ke gore Heberone), kwa Aberahame le Isake ba kileng ba bo agile teng. ²⁸ Isake a tshela dingwaga tse di lekgolo le masome a ferang bobedi. ²⁹ Isake a neela mowa a swa, mme a robatswa le borraagwe, a le monnamogolo yo o tshidileng dingwaga tse di tletseng. Esau le Jakobe, bomorwaawe, ba mo fitlha.