2 U-Abrama waphendula wathi: “Nkosi Enkulu Jehova, uzangiphani njengoba ubona ukuthi ngilokhu ngingelamntwana? Phela ozathatha ilifa lami yindoda le yeDamaseko, u-Eliyezeri.”+

30 URasheli wathi ebona ukuthi wayengazalelanga uJakhobe abantwana waqalisa ukuba lomhawu ngodadewabo, wasesithi kuJakhobe: “Nginika abantwana, nxa ungasangiphanga bona ngizakufa.”