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

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

Ngokuba abantwana bakwaJosefa ba be yizizwe ezimbili , oManase no - Efrayimi; abawanikanga amaLevi isabelo ezweni , kuphela imizi ukuhlala kuyo, namadlelo ayo ezinkomo zawo, neyemfuyo yawo.

Abantwana bakwaJosefa, oManase no-Efrayimi, base belidla ifa labo.