3. wawafaka ke entolongweni kumzi wenduna yabalindi, apho kwakugcinwe khona uJosefu.
4. Bahlala ke entolongweni apho, yaza induna yenza uJosefu umququzeleli wabo.
5. Ngabusuku buthile bakuba besentolongweni ithutyana, injoli yaba nephupha, kwanaye nombhaki waba nelakhe iphupha. Amaphupha abo ayethetha izinto ngezinto.
6. Akufika kubo uJosefu ngentsasa, wababona bematshekile.
7. Ubuze wathi: “Kutheni ingathi nikhathazekile nje namhlanje?”
8. Bathe bona: “Sibe namaphupha phezolo, yaye akukho namnye umntu apha okwaziyo ukuwachaza into ayithethayo.”“NguThixo otyhila inkcazelo yamaphupha,” utshilo uJosefu. Watsho esithi: “Ndilawuleleni amaphupha enu.”
9. Kuqale injoli, yathi: “Mna ndiphuphe kukho umdiliya ngaphambi kwam,
10. unamasebe amathathu. Kuthe nje kuvele amagqabi, kwantshula iintyatyambo, neediliya zavuthwa.
11. Bendiphethe indebe kakumkani, ndazikha iidiliya ezo, ndazikhamela endebeni, ndazinika ukumkani.”
12. Uthe uJosefu: “Nantsi into ethethwa leli phupha lakho: Amasebe amathathu ziintsuku ezintathu.
13. Ngeentsuku ezintathu ukumkani uza kukukhulula, akuxolele, akubuyisele emsebenzini wakho. Uza kubuya ube yinjoli yendebe yakhe njengoko ubuyiyo ngaphambili.
14. Uzuncede ke kodwa, ungandilibali xa izinto sezikulungele, uncede uthethe ngam kukumkani, ndikhululwe kule ntolongo.
15. Ikakade mna ndebiwa kwilizwe lamaHebhere, ukanti nalapha eJiputa akukho nto ndiyenzileyo ibinokundingenisa entolongweni.”