U-Israyeli wathi kuJosefa : Abafowenu abawalusi umhlambi eShekemi na ? Woza, ngiyakukuthuma kubo. Wathi kuye: Ngilapha.

Kwathi emva kwalezo zinto umkankosi yakhe waphonsa amehlo kuJosefa , wathi: Lala nami.

Kwathi esakhuluma kuJosefa izinsuku ngezinsuku , akamlalelanga ukuba alale naye, nokuba abe naye.

Kwathi induna yabaph ekizinkwa ibona ukuthi lokho kuchazwa kwakukuhle, yathi kuJosefa: Nakimi ephusheni lami kwakungathi kukhona amaqoma amathathu esinkwa esimhlophe ekhanda lami.

Wayesethi uFaro kuJosefa : Ngiphuphe iphupho , kakho ongalichaza ; sengizwe kuthiwa ngawe, lapho ulizwa iphupho, ungalichaza.

UFaro wakhuluma kuJosefa , wathi: Ephusheni lami , bheka, ngangimi ogwini lomfula;

Wathi uFaro kuJosefa : Njengokuba uNkulunkulu ekwazise wena konke lokhu, akakho oqaphelayo ohlakaniphileyo njengawe.

Wathi uFaro kuJosefa : Bheka, sengikubeke phezu kwezwe lonke laseGibithe.

UFaro wathi kuJosefa: NginguFaro; ngaphandle kwakho akuyikuphakamisa muntu isandla sakhe nonyawo lwakhe ezweni lonke laseGibithe.

Kwathi selilambile izwe lonke laseGibithe , abantu bakhala kuFaro ngokudla; uFaro wathi kubo bonke abaseGibithe : Yanini kuJosefa ; lokho anitshela khona, nikwenze.

Amazwe onke afika kuJosefa eGibithe ukuyothenga amabele , ngokuba indlala yayinzima emhlabeni wonke.

KuJosefa kwazalelwa ezwe ni laseGibithe oManase no -Efrayimi, amzalela bona u-Asenati indodakazi kaPotifera umpristi wase-Oni.

Wathuma uJuda ngaphambi kwakhe kuJosefa ukuyokhomba phambi kwakhe indlela eya eGosheni.

U-Israyeli wayesethi kuJosefa : Sengingafa, lokhu ngibone ubuso bakho ukuthi usekhona.

Wayesekhuluma uFaro kuJosefa, ethi: Uyihlo nabafowenu beze kuwe;

Isiphelile imali ezweni laseGibithe nasezweni laseKhanani , bonke abaseGibithe beza kuJosefa , bathi: Siphe ukudla ; siyakufelani phambi kwakho na? Ngokuba isiphelile imali.

Baletha-ke izinkomo zabo kuJosefa ; uJosefa wabenanela ukudla ngamahhashi, nangezimvu, nangezinkomo, nagezimbongolo; wabapha ukudla ngezinkomo zabo zonke ngalowo mnyaka.

Kwathi emva kwalezo zinto kwathiwa kuJosefa : Bheka, uyihlo uyagula . Wayesethatha amadodana akhe omabili, oManase no-Efrayimi.

UJakobe wathi kuJosefa : UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLuze ezweni laseKhanani, wangibusisa,

Wayesethi u -Israyeli kuJosefa : Ngangingacabanganga ukuthi ngizakubona ubuso bakho; bheka, uNkulunkulu ungibonise nenzalo yakho.

Wayesethi u -Israyeli kuJosefa : Bheka, mina ngiyafa , kepha uNkulunkulu uyakuba nani, anibuyisele ezweni lawoyihlo.

Base bethumela kuJosefa, bethi: Uyihlo wayala engakafi, wathi:

Niyakusho kuJosefa ukuthi: Ake uthethelele abafowenu isiphambeko sabo nesono sabo , ngokuba bakwenzela okubi . Manje siyakucela ukuthi : Ake uthethelele isiphambeko sezinceku zikaNkulunkulu kayihlo . UJosefa wakhala, besakhuluma kuye.

Sezimukile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ngephupho , ithi: Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina , ubalekele eGibithe, uhlale khona, ngize ngikutshele; ngokuba uHerode uzakumfuna umntwana ukuba ambhubhise.

Kepha uHerode esefile , bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala ngephupho kuJosefa eGibithe, yathi: