2. Nanga amagqabantshintshi ngoYakobi.Akuba yinkwenkwe eneshumi linesixhenxe leminyaka ubudala, uJosefu wayedla ngokuhamba nabakhuluwa bakhe abangoonyana bakaBhiliya noZilipha, amaqadi kayise, baye kwalusa impahla. Wayedla ngokubaxela kuyise ngezinto ezingekho mgaqweni ababezenza.
3. USirayeli wayemthanda ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantakwabo uJosefu, kuba yena wavela selaluphele uSirayeli. Wamenzela ingubo embeje-mbeje.
4. Bathi abantakwabo bakuphawula ukuba uyise umthanda ukugqitha bona uJosefu, bamthiya kangangokude bangakwazi nokuthetha kakuhle naye.
5. Ngabusuku buthile uJosefu waba nephupha, athe akulilawula kubakhuluwa bakhe, bamthiya ngakumbi.
6. Wathi kubo: “Khanive ndinixelele iphupha lam.
7. Ndiphuphe sisemasimini, sibopha izithungu zengqolowa. Suka esam isithungu sema nkqo, zaza ezenu zeza kusingqonga, zakhahlela kuso.”
8. Bathe abakhuluwa bakhe: “Ngaba uba uza kuba yikumkani, size thina silawulwe nguwe?” Loo nto yelo phupha yamenza wanetyheneba kubo, nangenxa yeentetho zakhe.
9. Uphinde wanelinye iphupha uJosefu, wabuya wabalawulela abantakwabo, esithi: “Kweli iphupha ndibone ilanga, nenyanga, neenkwenkwezi ezilishumi elinanye, zikhahlela kum.”
10. Ulilawule nakuyise eli phupha. Wamngxolisa uyise, esithi: “Suk' apha, phupha lini eli athi unyoko nabantakwenu kunye nam sikhahlele wena!”
11. Abakhuluwa bakaJosefu bammonela, kodwa yena uyise wamana elijika-jika engqondweni eli phupha.
12. Ngamini ithile abakhuluwa bakaJosefu babeseShekem besalusa impahla,
13. wathi uSirayeli kuJosefu: “Ndifuna ukukuthuma kubantakwenu eShekem apho bayalusela khona impahla.”Uthe uJosefu: “Kulungile, tata.”
14. Uthe uYakobi: “Khawuye kukhangela ukuba abantakwenu basahleli kakuhle na, nokuba akukho monakalo ukhoyo na empahleni, ubuye uze kundazisa.” Wanduluka ke uJosefu kuloo ntili yeHebron, ethunywe eShekem.Wahamba waya kufika eShekem uJosefu.
15. Kuthe esabhadula kwelo zwe, kwavela ndoda ithile, yambuza yathi: “Ufuna ntoni?”
16. “Ndifuna abantakwethu abalusa impahla; ungandixelela apho bakhoyo?” utshilo uJosefu.
17. “Sebemkile,” itshilo loo ndoda. “Ndibavele besithi baza kuya eDotan.” Wenjenjeya ke uJosefu ukulandela abantakwabo, wada waya kugaleleka eDotan, apho wafika bekhona.
18. Bambona esekude, waza wathi efika kubo baba sebenze iyelenqe lokumbulala.
19. Bathi bakumbona: “Nanku esiza laa mphuphi.
20. Masimbulale, size isidumbu sakhe sisifake kwelinye lala maqula atshileyo, sithi uqwengwe ngamarhamncwa, sibone ke ukuba aya kuthini na loo maphupha akhe.”
21. URubhen wabavela kuloo nto, wafuna ukumsindisa uJosefu, wathi: “Hayini, madoda,