Tiragalo yeo e gatelelago kgakgano magareng ga Ragele le Lea e be e akaretša maropotlane ao a hweditšwego ke morwa wa Lea e lego Rubene. Go be go dumelwa gore seenywa se se thuša motho go ima. Ge Ragele a be a se kgopela, Lea o ile a araba ka bogale gore: “A O re ké taba e nyenyane xe O nkamoxile monna wa-ka? Byale O re O nkamoxê le maropotlane a ngwana wa-ka!” Ba bangwe ba nagana gore mantšu a a gagwe a bolela gore Jakobo o be a fetša nako e ntši a e-na le Ragele go feta Lea. Mohlomongwe Ragele o ile a kwešiša manyami a Lea, ka gobane o ile a araba ka gore: “A a rôbalê le wêna bošexo bya lehono; wêna O mphê maropotlane a ngwana wa xaxo.” Ke moka ge Jakobo a be a boa gae mantšiboeng ao, Lea o ile a mmotša gore: “Tlaa xo nna, ke Xo rekile ka maropotlane a ngwan’ake.”—Genesi 30:15, 16.

Maropotlane ga se a ka a thuša. Ge mafelelong Ragele a be a ima ka morago ga nywaga e tshela a nyetšwe gomme a belega Josefa, e be e le ka baka la gore Jehofa o ile a mo “xopola” gomme a araba thapelo ya gagwe. E bile ka nako yeo feela moo Ragele a bego a ka re: “Modimo o nthotše nyatšêxô.”—Genesi 30:22-24.