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| 1. | UJakobe esebonile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibhithe, uJakobe wathi emadodaneni akhe: Kungani likhangelana? |
| 2. | Wathi futhi: Khangelani, sengizwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibhithe; yehlani liye khona, lisithengele khona, ukuze siphile, singafi. |
| 3. | Abafowabo bakaJosefa abalitshumi basebesehla ukuthenga amabele eGibhithe. |
| 4. | Kodwa uBhenjamini, umfowabo kaJosefa, uJakobe kamthumanga labafowabo, ngoba wathi: Hlezi ehlelwe yingozi. |
| 5. | Amadodana kaIsrayeli asefika ukuthenga phakathi kwababesiza, ngoba indlala yayikhona elizweni leKhanani. |
| 6. | Njalo uJosefa wayengumbusi phezu kwelizwe; wathengisela abantu bonke belizwe; bafika-ke abafowabo bakaJosefa, bamkhothamela ngobuso emhlabathini. |
| 7. | UJosefa esebabonile abafowabo, wabazi, kodwa wazitshaya owemzini kubo, wakhuluma labo izinto ezilukhuni wathi kubo: Livela ngaphi? Bathi: Elizweni leKhanani, ukuthenga ukudla. |
| 8. | UJosefa wasebazi abafowabo, kodwa bona kabamazanga. |
| 9. | UJosefa wasekhumbula amaphupho awaphupha ngabo, wathi kibo: Lizinhloli, ukuzabona ubunqunu belizwe lizile. |
| 10. | Basebesithi kuye: Hatshi, nkosi yami; kodwa inceku zakho zize ukuthenga ukudla. |
| 11. | Thina sonke singamadodana andodanye; singabaqotho, inceku zakho kazisizo inhloli. |
| 12. | Wasesithi kubo: Hatshi, kodwa ukuzabona ubunqunu belizwe lizile. |
| 13. | Basebesithi: Thina, izinceku zakho, siyizelamani ezilitshumi lambili, amadodana andodanye elizweni leKhanani; khangela-ke, icinathunjana likubaba lamuhla, enye kayi se kho. |
| 14. | UJosefa wasesithi kubo: Yikho lokho engikutsho kini, ukuthi: Lizinhloli. |
| 15. | Kulokhu lizahlolwa; nge mpilo kaFaro ! kalisoze liphume lapha, ngaphandle kokuthi kufike umfowenu olicinathunjana lapha. |
| 16. | Thumani omunye wenu, amlande umfowenu; kodwa lina lizabotshwa, ukuze kuhlolwe amazwi enu, ukuthi iqiniso likini yini; kodwa uba hatshi, impilo kaFaro! lizinhloli. |
| 17. | Wasebafaka esitokisini insuku ezintathu. |
| 18. | UJosefa wasesithi kubo ngosuku lwesithathu: Yenzani lokhu ukuze liphile. Ngiyamesaba uNkulunkulu. |
| 19. | Uba lingabaqotho, kabotshwe omunye wabafowenu endlini yokulondolozwa kwenu, kodwa lina hambani, libuyele lamabele endlala ezindlu zenu, |
| 20. | lilethe umnawenu olicinathunjana kimi; khona amazwi enu ezaqiniswa, ukuze lingafi. Basebesenza njalo. |
| 21. | Basebekhulumisana besithi: Isibili silecala ngomfowethu, ngoba sabona usizi lomphefumulo wakhe, nxa wasincenga, kodwa kasilalelanga; ngenxa yalokho sehlelwe yikuhlupheka lokhu. |
| 22. | URubeni wasebaphendula wathi: Kangitshongo yini ukuthi: Lingoni kumfana? Kodwa kalilalelanga. Ngakho legazi lakhe, khangelani, liyabizwa. |
| 23. | Njalo bona babengazi ukuthi uJosefa uyezwa, ngoba kwakulomtoliki phakathi kwabo. |
| 24. | Njalo wabafulathela, wakhala inyembezi; wasetshibilikela kubo, wakhuluma kubo; wasethatha uSimeyoni kubo, wambopha phambi kwamehlo abo. |
| 25. | UJosefa waselaya ukuthi bagcwalise amasaka abo ngamabele, lokuthi babuyisele imali yabo, ngulowo lalowo esakeni lakhe, lokuthi babanike umphako wendlela; basebesenza njalo kubo. |
| 26. | Basebesethwesa obabhemi babo amabele abo, basuka lapho. |
| 27. | Kwathi omunye evula isaka lakhe ukuze anike ubabhemi wakhe ukudla endlini yezihambi, wabona imali yakhe, ngoba khangela, yayisemlonyeni wesaka lakhe. |
| 28. | Wasesithi kubafowabo: Imali yami ibuyiselwe; futhi khangelani, isesakeni lami. Inhliziyo yabo yasisehluleka, bathuthumela, omunye komunye besithi: Kuyini lokhu uNkulunkulu akwenze kithi? |
| 29. | Basebebuyela kuJakobe uyise elizweni leKhanani, bamazisa konke abahlangene lakho, besithi: |
| 30. | Indoda, umbusi walelolizwe, wasihalada, wasithatha njengenhloli zelizwe. |
| 31. | Kodwa sathi kuye: Singabaqotho; kasisizo izinhloli; |
| 32. | sasiyizelamani ezilitshumi lambili, amadodana kababa; enye kayi se kho, lecinathunjana lamuhla likubaba elizweni leKhanani. |
| 33. | Lendoda, umbusi welizwe, wathi kithi: Ngalokhu ngizakwazi ukuthi lingabaqotho; tshiyani omunye wabafowenu kimi, lithathele indlala yezindlu zenu, lihambe, |
| 34. | lilethe umnawenu olicinathunjana kimi; khona ngizabona ukuthi kalisizo izinhloli kodwa lingabaqotho, ngilinike umfowenu, lithengiselane elizweni. |
| 35. | Kwasekusithi sebethulula amasaka abo, khangela-ke, isikhwama semali salowo lalowo sisesakeni lakhe. Lapho bebona izikhwama zemali yabo, bona loyise, besaba. |
| 36. | UJakobe uyise wasesithi kubo: Liyangemuka abantwana; uJosefa ka se kho loSimeyoni kakho, loBhenjamini lizamthatha; zonke lezizinto zimelane lami. |
| 37. | URubeni wasekhuluma kuyise esithi: Bulala ababili kumadodana ami, uba ngingambuyisi kuwe; mnikele esandleni sami, futhi mina ngizambuyisela kuwe. |
| 38. | Kodwa wathi: Indodana yami kayiyikwehla lani, ngoba umfowabo ufile, futhi yena usele yedwa; uba esehlelwa yingozi endleleni elihamba kuyo, lizakwehlisela engcwabeni izimvu zami ngosizi. |
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