¹ Kwathi emva kwalezo zinto kwathiwa kuJosefa : Bheka, uyihlo uyagula . Wayesethatha amadodana akhe omabili, oManase no-Efrayimi. ² Kwase kushiwo kuJakobe ukuthi : Bheka, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe. Wayeseziqinisa u-Israyeli, wahlala embhedeni. ³ UJakobe wathi kuJosefa : UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLuze ezweni laseKhanani, wangibusisa, ⁴ wathi kimi : Bheka, ngizakukuchumisa, ngikwandise, ngikwenze izizwe eziningi, ngiyiphe inzalo yakho leli zwe emva kwakho libe yifa elingunaphakade. ⁵ Manje amadodana akho amabili owazalelwa wona ezweni laseGibithe , ngingakafiki kuwe eGibithe , angawami; o-Efrayimi noManase njengoRubeni noSimeyoni bazakuba ngabami. ⁶ Kepha inzalo yakho oyizala emva kwabo izakuba ngeyakho ; iyakubizwa ngegama labafowabo efeni lalabo. ⁷ Kepha mina ekusukeni kwami ePhadani Aramu ngafelwa nguRaheli endleleni ezweni laseKhanani, kuse yibangana ukuya e-Efrati; ngammbela khona endleleni eya e-Efrati (eliyiBetlehema). ⁸ U-Israyeli wabona amadodana kaJosefa, wathi: Ngobani laba na? ⁹ UJosefa wathi kuye : Ngamadodana ami angiphe wona lapha uNkulunkulu . Wayesethi: Ake uwalethe kimi, ngiwabusise. ¹⁰ Kepha amehl o ka -Israyeli ayefiphele ngobudala , engasenakubona; wawasondeza kuye; wawanga, wawagona. ¹¹ Wayesethi u -Israyeli kuJosefa : Ngangingacabanganga ukuthi ngizakubona ubuso bakho; bheka, uNkulunkulu ungibonise nenzalo yakho. ¹² UJosefa wawakhipha emathangeni akhe ; wakhothama, ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi. ¹³ UJosefa wayesebathatha bobabili , u-Efrayimi ngesokunene , engakwesokhohlo sika -Israyeli, noManase ngesokhohlo , engakwesokunene sika-Israyeli, wabasondeza kuye. ¹⁴ U-Israyeli wayeselula isandla sakhe sokunene , wasibeka ekhanda lika - Efrayimi, kanti ungomncane, nesokhohlo ekhanda likaManase , ephambanisa izandla zakhe, ngokuba uManase wayeyizibulo. ¹⁵ Wambusisa uJosefa, wathi: UNkulunkulu abahamba ebusweni bakhe obaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka, uNkulunkulu ongondlile konke ukuhamba kwami kuze kube namuhla, ¹⁶ ingelosi engisindise ebubini bonke mayibusise abafana ; mababizwe ngegama lami nangegama lawobaba o -Abrahama no -Isaka; mabande, babe baningi phakathi kwezwe. ¹⁷ Wabona uJosefa ukuthi uyise wabeka isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda lika- Efrayimi, kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe ; wasibamba isandla sikayise ukuba asisuse ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, asibeke ekhanda likaManase. ¹⁸ Wayesethi uJosefa kuyise : Kungabi njalo , ngokuba lo uyizibulo ; beka esokunene sakho ekhanda lakhe. ¹⁹ Kepha uyise wa la, wathi: Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi; naye uyakuba yisizwe, abe mkhulu naye; kodwa umfowabo uyakuba mkhulu kunaye, inzalo yakhe ibe yizizwe eziningi. ²⁰ Wayesebabusisa ngalolo suku ngokuthi: Ngawe u-Israyeli uyakubusisa ethi: UNkulunkulu makakwenz e ube njengo-Efrayimi nanjengoManase . Wayesembeka-ke u-Efrayimi ngaphambi kukaManase. ²¹ Wayesethi u -Israyeli kuJosefa : Bheka, mina ngiyafa , kepha uNkulunkulu uyakuba nani, anibuyisele ezweni lawoyihlo. ²² Wena ngikunike olunye ukhalo ngaphezu kwabafowenu engalu thatha esandleni sama-Amori ngenkemba yami nangomnsalo wami.