1. USirayeli wathatha konke okwakhe wahamba, waya kutsho eBheshebha, apho wafika wenzela uThixo kayise uIsake idini.
2. UThixo wathetha naye ngephupha wathi: “Yakobi!”Wasabela uYakobi wathi: “Ndim lo!”Wenjenje uThixo ukuthetha naye:
3. “Mna ndinguThixo kayihlo. Uzungoyiki ukuya eJiputa; kulapho inzala yakho ndiya kuyenza isizwe esikhulu.
4. Ndiya kuya nawe eJiputa, ndibuye ndiyibuyisele kwalapha inzala yakho. UJosefu uya kukucima amehlo ukubhubha kwakho.”
5. Wanduluka eBheshebha uYakobi. Yena, nabantwana boonyana bakhe, kunye nabafazi babo, babekhwele kwiinqwelo ezazithunyelwe ngukumkani waseJiputa.
6. Baqhuba iinkomo zabo nako konke okwabo abakufumana eKanana, bahamba nako, baya eJiputa. UYakobi wahamba nosapho lwakhe lonke:
7. oonyana bakhe, abantwana babo, iintombi zakhe, kunye nabazukulwana bakhe.
8. Ngawo la amagama amaSirayeli, inzala kaYakobi, eyangenayo eJiputa kunye naye.
9. YayinguRubhen, izibulo, kunye noonyana bakhe: uHanoki, noPalu, noHezeron, noKarmi.
10. USimon noonyana bakhe: uJemuweli noJamin, uOhadi noJakin noZoware, kwakunye noShawule, owayezelwe ngumKananakazi.
11. ULevi noonyana bakhe: uGershon noKohati kunye noMerari.
12. UJuda kunye noonyana bakhe: uShela, noPerezi, noZera. Abanye oonyana bakaJuda, uEre no-Onan, batsahabalala eKanana. UPerezi wanoonyana abanguHezeron kunye noHamuli.