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.”
10. UYakobi ubuye wamthamsanqelisa ukumkani, waza ke wemka.
11. UJosefu ke wabakhethela indawo etyebileyo ooyise nabantakwabo phaya ngakulaa dolophu iRamesi njengokutsho kukakumkani.