2. UJosefu uthathe abahlanu kubakhuluwa bakhe, wabasa kukumkani.
3. Ukumkani wababuza wathi: “Msebenzi mni na eniwenzayo?”Bathe bona: “Thina zicaka zakho singamathanda-mfuyo, mhlekazi, kanye njengookhokho bethu.”
4. Baza bathi: “Imbangi yokufudukela kwethu eJiputa yimbalela eyatsho angumqwebedu amadlelo eKanana. Ngako oko izicaka zakho ziyacela ukuba uzivumele zime apha eGoshen.”
5. Ukumkani ubhekise kuJosefu wathi: “Uyihlo nabantakwenu
6. beseJiputa nje, bakowabo; bangahlala apho eGoshen, eyona ndawo inomhlaba otyebileyo. Ukuba kukho amadoda angamachule phakati kwenu, uzuwenze abelusi bemihlambi yam.”
7. UJosefu ke weza noyise, wamazisa kukumkani, waza uYakobi wamthamsanqelisa ukumkani.
8. Ukumkani wabuza wathi: “Umdala kangakanani na?”
9. Uthe uYakobi: “Ubomi bam ndihamba-hamba kulo mhlaba bube yiminyaka elikhulu limashumi mathathu. Loo minyaka imbàlwa ibiyiminyaka enzima, engafaniyo neminyaka emininzi ababengabahambi ngayo kulo mhlaba ookhokho.”