¹ UJosefa wayesengena, wamtshela uFaro, wathi: Ufikile ubaba nabafowethu, nezimvu zabo , nezinkomo zabo , nakho konke abanakho , bephuma ezweni laseKhanani; bheka, sebesezweni laseGosheni. ² Phakathi kwabafowabo wathatha amadoda ayisihlanu , wawabeka phambi kukaFaro. ³ UFaro wayesethi kubafowabo : Uyini umsebenzi wenu na ? Bathi kuFaro : Izinceku zakho zingabelusi, thina nawobaba. ⁴ Bathi kuFaro: Size ukugogobala ezweni, ngokuba akukho dlelo lemihlambi yezinceku zakho , lokhu indlala inzima ezweni laseKhanani ; ngalokho izinceku zakho mazakhe ezweni laseGosheni. ⁵ Wayesekhuluma uFaro kuJosefa, ethi: Uyihlo nabafowenu beze kuwe; ⁶ izwe laseGibithe lisebusweni bakho ; mhlalise uyihlo nabafowenu ezweni elihle kunalo lonke , ubahlalise ezweni laseGosheni ; uma uwazi phakathi kwabo amadoda anamandla, wabeke abe yizinduna zezinkomo zami. ⁷ UJosefa wayesemngenisa uJakobe uyise , wambeka phambi kukaFaro ; uJakobe wambusisa uFaro. ⁸ Wathi uFaro kuJakobe: Zingaki izinsuku zeminyaka yokuhamba kwakho na? ⁹ UJakobe wathi kuFaro : Izinsuku ze minyaka yokugogobala kwami ziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amathathu ; ziyingcosana, zimbi izinsuku zeminyaka yokuhamba kwami , azifinyelelanga ezinsukwini zeminyaka yokuhamba kwawobaba emihleni yokugogobala kwabo. ¹⁰ UJakobe wayesembusisa uFaro, wasuka ebusweni bukaFaro. ¹¹ UJosefa wabahlalisa uyise nabafowabo , wabapha indawo ezweni laseGibithe, izwe elihle kunalo lonke , izwe likaRamsese, njengalokho uFaro ebayalile. ¹² UJosefa wamondla uyise , nabafowabo, nendlu yonke kayise ngokudla ngokwemilomo yezingane zabo. Izwe laseGibithe nabantu abakulo babekwa phansi kukaFaro nguJosefa ¹³ Ukudla kwakungekho ezweni lonke , ngokuba indlala yayinzima kakhulu ; izwe laseGibithe nezwe laseKhanani afa indlala. ¹⁴ UJosefa waqoqa yonke imali eyatholakala ezweni laseGibithe nasezweni laseKhanani ngamabele ababewathengile ; uJosefa wayiyisa imali endlini kaFaro. ¹⁵ Isiphelile imali ezweni laseGibithe nasezweni laseKhanani , bonke abaseGibithe beza kuJosefa , bathi: Siphe ukudla ; siyakufelani phambi kwakho na? Ngokuba isiphelile imali. ¹⁶ Wayesethi uJosefa : Lethani izinkomo zenu ; ngizakuninika ngezinkomo zenu, uma imali ingekho. ¹⁷ Baletha-ke izinkomo zabo kuJosefa ; uJosefa wabenanela ukudla ngamahhashi, nangezimvu, nangezinkomo, nagezimbongolo; wabapha ukudla ngezinkomo zabo zonke ngalowo mnyaka. ¹⁸ Usuphelile lowo mnyaka , beza kuye ngomnyaka wesibili , bathi kuye : Asiyikufihlela inkosi ukuthi imali yethu yonke isiphelile ; imihlambi yezinkomo isingeyenkosi ; akukho okuseleyo emehlweni enkosi ngaphandle kwemizimba yethu namazwe ethu. ¹⁹ Siyakufelani phambi kwakho thina namazwe ethu na ? Sithenge thina namazwe ethu ngokudla, sibe yizinceku zikaFaro thina namazwe ethu ; siphe imbewu ukuba siphile, singafi, izwe lingachitheki. ²⁰ UJosefa wamthengela uFaro izwe lonke laseGibithe , ngokuba bonke abaseGibithe bathengisa ngamasimu abo , lokhu indlala yayinzima phezu kwabo; izwe lase liba ngelikaFaro. ²¹ Abantu wabayisa emizini , ebasusa komunye umncele wezwe laseGibithe kwaze kwaba komunye umncele walo. ²² Yizwe labapristi kuphela angalithenganga , ngokuba abapristi babethole isabelo kuFaro , badla isabelo sabo abapha sona uFaro ; ngalokho abathengisanga ngezwe labo. ²³ UJosefa wayesethi kubantu : Bhekani, namuhla nginithengile nibe ngabakaFaro nina nezwe lenu ; nansi imbewu yenu , nize nihlwanyele emhlabathini. ²⁴ Kuyakuthi ezithelweni nimnike uFaro okwesihlanu , izinxenye ezine zibe ngezenu, kube yimbewu yamasimu , nokudla kwenu nokwabendlu yenu , nokudla kwezingane zenu. ²⁵ Base bethi : Usisindisile; masifumane umusa emehlweni enkosi , sibe yizinceku zikaFaro. ²⁶ UJosefa washaya umthetho ngezwe laseGibithe kuze kube namuhla wokuthi uFaro uzakuba nokwesihlanu ; kuphela izwe labapristi bodwa alibanga yilo elikaFaro. ²⁷ U-Israyeli wahlala ezweni laseGibithe ezweni laseGosheni ; bafuya khona, bazala, banda kakhulu. ²⁸ UJakobe wahlala ez weni laseGibithe iminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa; izinsuku zikaJakobe, iminyaka yokuhamba kwakhe , zaziyiminyaka eyikhulu namashumi amane nesikhombisa. ²⁹ Kwase kusondela isikhathi ayesezakufa ngaso u -Israyeli; wayesebiza indodana yakhe uJosefa , wathi kuye : Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ake ubeke isandla sakho phansi kwethanga lami , ungenzele umusa neqiniso: ake ungangimbeli eGibithe. ³⁰ Kepha lapho sengilele kobaba , uze ungikhiphe eGibithe , ungimbele ethuneni labo. Wathi: Ngizakwenza njengezwi lakho. ³¹ Wayesethi kuye : Funga kimi . Wayesefunga kuye . U-Israyeli wakhothama esihlokweni sombhede.