a11:2
b10:22; Isa 11:11; Seb 2:9
c19:24
d19:24
eDute 29:23
fDute 29:23
g14:8, 19:22
hNani 34:12; Dute 3:17; Josh 3:16
i15:20; Dute 3:11; Josh 12:4, 13:12, 17:15; 2 Sam 5:18,22, 23:13
jJosh 12:4, 13:12
kDute 2:20
lDute 2:10,11
m36:8,19; Dute 2:12,22
o21:21; Nani 12:16
p2 Lan 20:2
q11:3
r19:17,30
s14:16,21
t12:5
u13:12
v13:18
w14:24
x13:8
z12:5,16, 15:3, 17:12,13,23,27; Tshu 2:7
aaDute 34:1; Hlu 18:29
ab1 Sam 23:19,24; Eks 26:18,35, 27:9, 36:23, 38:9
ac2 Sam 18:18
adHeb 7:1
aeHlab 110:4; Heb 5:6
afSeb 16:17
agRuthe 3:10; 2 Sam 2:5
ah14:22
ai24:27
ajHeb 7:4; Gen 28:22
alDan 12:7; Isam 10:5,6; Eks 6:8; Dute 32:40; Nani 14:30; Hez 20:5,6
amEsta 9:15,16
an14:13

Genesis 14

UAbrama ukhulula uLothi

1Kwasekusithi ensukwini zikaAmrafeli inkosi yeShinari a, uAriyoki inkosi yeElasari, uKedolawoma inkosi yeElamu b, loTidali inkosi yezizwe, 2balwa impi loBera inkosi yeSodoma c, loBirisha inkosi yeGomora d, uShinabi inkosi yeAdima e, loShemebere inkosi yeZeboyimi f, lenkosi yeBhela, eliyiZowari g. 3Bonke labo bahlangana esigodini iSidima esiluLwandle lweTshwayi h. 4Babemkhonzile uKedolawoma okweminyaka elitshumi lambili, kodwa ngomnyaka wetshumi lantathu bavukela. 5Langomnyaka wetshumi lane kweza uKedolawoma, lamakhosi ayelaye, batshaya amaRefa i eAshiterothi-Karnayimi j, lamaZuzi k eHamu, lamaEmi l egcekeni leKiriyathayimi, 6lamaHori entabeni yabo yeSeyiri m, kuze kube eEliparani ▼
▼ iEliparani: kumbe,  igceke leParani.
 eliseduze lenkangala o. 7Basebebuyela bafika eEnimishipati eliyiKadeshi, batshaya ilizwe lonke lamaAmaleki, njalo lamaAmori ayehlala eHazazoni-Tamari p. 8Kwasekuphuma inkosi yeSodoma lenkosi yeGomora, lenkosi yeAdima lenkosi yeZeboyimi, lenkosi yeBhela eliyiZowari, bahlomisa impi bemelene labo esigodini iSidima, 9emelane loKedolawoma inkosi yeElamu, loTidali inkosi yezizwe, loAmrafeli inkosi yeShinari, loAriyoki inkosi yeElasari; amakhosi amane emelane lamakhosi amahlanu. 10Lesigodi seSidima sasilemigodigodi yengcino q; lenkosi yeSodoma leyeGomora yabaleka, yawela khona; labaseleyo babalekela entabeni r. 11Asethatha yonke impahla yeSodoma leyeGomora s, lokudla kwabo konke, ahamba. 12Amthatha loLothi lempahla yakhe, indodana yomfowabo kaAbrama t, asehamba, ngoba wayehlala eSodoma u.

13Kwasekusiza owayephunyukile, wamlandisela uAbrama umHebheru, owayehlala ezihlahleni zama-okhi* zikaMamre v umAmori, umfowabo kaEshikoli lomfowabo kaAneri ababelesivumelwano loAbrama w. 14Kwathi uAbrama esezwile ukuthi isihlobo sakhe sasithunjiwe x, wahlomisa ▼
▼ wahlomisa: kumbe,  wakhokhela.
 ayebafundisile, bezelwe endlini yakhe z, abangamakhulu amathathu letshumi lesificaminwembili, waxotshana lawo waze wafika koDani aa. 15Wasezehlukanisa emelane lawo ebusuku, yena lenceku zakhe, wawatshaya, waxotshana lawo waze wafika eHoba, ekwesokhohlo seDamaseko ab. 16Wasebuyisa yonke impahla, wasebuyisa loLothi umfowabo lempahla yakhe, labesifazana labo labantu.

UMelkizedeki ubusisa uAbrama

17Inkosi yeSodoma yasiphuma ukumhlangabeza, esebuyile ekutshayeni uKedolawoma lamakhosi ayelaye, esigodini iShave, esiyisigodi senkosi ac. 18UMelkizedeki inkosi yeSalema ad waseletha isinkwa lewayini; njalo yena ngumpristi ae kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke af. 19Wasembusisa wathi: Kabusiswe uAbrama nguNkulunkulu ag oPhezukonke, uMnini wamazulu lomhlaba ah. 20Kabusiswe-ke uNkulunkulu ai oPhezukonke onikele izitha zakho esandleni sakho. Wasemnika okwetshumi kwakho konke aj. 21Inkosi yeSodoma yasisithi kuAbrama: Nginika abantu ▼
▼ abantu: Heb  imiphefumulo.
, kodwa uzithathele impahla. 22UAbrama wasesithi eNkosini yeSodoma: Ngiphakamise isandla sami al eNkosini uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, uMnini wamazulu lomhlaba, 23ngithi kangiyikuthatha kusukela kumucu kusiya emchilweni wenyathela am, kukho konke olakho! Hlezi uthi: Mina ngimnothisile uAbrama. 24Ngaphandle kwalokho kuphela akudlileyo amajaha, lesabelo samadoda ahambe lami an, uAneri, uEshikoli loMamre, bona kabathathe isabelo sabo.

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