Wangena nakuye uRaheli , wathanda uRaheli kakhulu kunoLeya ; wayesesebenza kuye eminye iminyaka eyisikhombisa. Amadodana okuqala kaJakobe

Kepha u -Israyeli wathanda uJosefa kakhulu kunabantwana bakhe bonke , ngokuba wayeyindodana yobuxhegu bakhe ; wamenzela ingubo enemikhono emide.

Kwathi ngasemuva wathanda owesifazane esiGodini saseSoreki ogama lakhe lalinguDelila.

Wathanda ukuthuka , kweza phezu kwakhe ; wayengathokozi ngesibusiso , sahlala kude naye.

Nokho uJehova wathanda ukuyishaya ngezifo ; lapho wenza umphefumulo wayo ube ngumnikelo wecala , iyakubona inzalo yayo, yenze izinsuku zayo zibe ziningi, nentando kaJehova iyakuphumelela esandleni sayo.

Ungajabuli, Israyeli, kube nguku thokoza njengokwabezizwe , ngokuba umukile kuNkulunkulu wakho ngokufeba , wathanda inkokhelo kuzo zonke izibuya zamabele.

Lowo uPawulu wathanda ukuba ahambe naye, wamthatha, wamsoka ngenxa yabaJuda ababekhona kulezo zindawo ; ngokuba bonke babemazi ukuthi uyise wayengumGreki.