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| 1. | La-ke ngamabizo amadodana kaIsrayeli afika eGibhithe loJakobe; afika, ileyo laleyo lomuzi wayo, |
| 2. | uRubeni, uSimeyoni, uLevi, loJuda, |
| 3. | uIsakari, uZebuluni, loBhenjamini, |
| 4. | uDani, loNafithali, uGadi, loAsheri. |
| 5. | Njalo yonke imiphefumulo eyaphuma ekhalweni lukaJakobe yayiyimiphefumulo engamatshumi ayisikhombisa. Kodwa uJosefa wayeseGibhithe. |
| 6. | UJosefa wasesifa labo bonke abafowabo, lalesosizukulwana sonke. |
| 7. | Njalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli bazalana, baba banengi, banda, baba lamandla kakhulukazi, ilizwe laze lagcwaliswa yibo. |
| 8. | Kwasekuvela inkosi entsha phezu kweGibhithe eyayingamazi uJosefa. |
| 9. | Yasisithi esizweni sayo: Khangela, isizwe sabantwana bakoIsrayeli sinengi, futhi silamandla kulathi. |
| 10. | Wozani, asisihlakanipheleni, hlezi sande, njalo kuzakuthi lapho kusehla impi, laso sihlangane lezitha zethu, silwe simelene lathi, senyuke sisuke elizweni. |
| 11. | Ngakho bamisa phezu kwaso izinduna zesibhalo ukusihlupha ngemithwalo yabo. Njalo samakhela uFaro imizi eyiziphala, iPithoma leRamesesi. |
| 12. | Kodwa kwathi ekusihlupheni kwaso kwangikhona sisanda, kwangikhona sisabalala. Ngakho banengwa ngabantwana bakoIsrayeli. |
| 13. | Njalo amaGibhithe abasebenzisa abantwana bakoIsrayeli ngochuku, |
| 14. | aze enza impilo zabo zababa ngomsebenzi onzima, ngodaka langezitina, langawo wonke umsebenzi emasimini; ngomsebenzi wabo wonke, ababenza bawenza ngodlakela. |
| 15. | Inkosi yeGibhithe yasikhuluma lababelethisi amaHebherukazi, obizo lowokuqala lalinguShifira, lebizo lowesibili lalinguPhuwa, |
| 16. | yasisithi: Nxa libelethisa amaHebherukazi, lapho libabona ezihlalweni zokubeletha, uba kuyindodana, liyibulale; kodwa uba kuyindodakazi, iyekeleni iphila. |
| 17. | Kodwa ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu, kabenzanga njengalokho yakhuluma kubo inkosi yeGibhithe, kodwa babayekela abafana baphila. |
| 18. | Inkosi yeGibhithe yasibiza ababelethisi, yathi kubo: Liyenzeleni linto ukuthi liyekele abafana baphile? |
| 19. | Ababelethisi basebesithi kuFaro: Ngoba amaHebherukazi kawanjengabafazi bamaGibhithe; ngoba alamandla, umbelethisi engakafiki kuwo, asebelethile. |
| 20. | Ngalokhu uNkulunkulu wabenzela ababelethisi okuhle, labantu banda, baba lamandla kakhulu. |
| 21. | Kwasekusithi, ngoba ababelethisi bamesaba uNkulunkulu, wabakhela imizi. |
| 22. | UFaro waselaya isizwe sakhe sonke esithi: Yonke indodana ezalwayo liyiphosele emfuleni, kodwa yonke indodakazi liyiyekele iphile. |
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