6 u-Abrama wanqamula izwe waze wafika endaweni yaseShekemi, + eduze kwezihlahla ezinkulu zikaMore. + Ngaleso sikhathi kwakukhona amaKhanani ezweni.

7 Ngakho bangcwelisa* iKedeshi + eGalile ezintabeni zakwaNafetali, iShekemi + ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi neKiriyati-ariba, + okungukuthi iHebroni, ezintabeni zakwaJuda.

9 Lawa kwaba amadolobha abekelwe wonke ama-Israyeli nezifiki ezihlala phakathi kwawo, ukuze noma ubani obulala umuntu* engahlosile akwazi ukubalekela khona, + ukuze angabulawa yilowo ofuna ukuphindiselela umufi lingakaqulwa icala lakhe phambi kwenhlangano. +

9 Ngemva kwesikhathi u-Abhimeleki + indodana kaJerubhali waya komalume bakhe eShekemi, wathi kubo nakuwo wonke umndeni kamkhulu wakhe:* 2 “Ngicela nibuze bonke abaholi* baseShekemi nithi, ‘Yikuphi okungcono kini, ukuba nibuswe yiwo wonke amadodana kaJerubhali angu-70, + noma ukuba nibuswe umuntu oyedwa? Nikhumbule ukuthi mina ngiyisihlobo senu segazi.’ ”*

15 Ngakho uJakobe wehlela eGibhithe, + washonela khona, + kanjalo nokhokho bethu. + 16 Bayiswa eShekemi, babekwa ethuneni u-Abrahama ayelithenge ngemali yesiliva emadodaneni kaHamori eShekemi. +