11. Uthe uYakobi kuJosefu: “Bendingasatsho ukuba ndingabuya ndikubone, kodwa uThixo wenze ukuba ndibone nabantwana bakho.”
12. UJosefu ubasusile kuyise, waqubuda phambi koyise eqondele phantsi.
13. UJosefu wambeka uEfrayim ngasekhohlo kuyise, waza uManase yena wambeka ngasekunene.
14. Kodwa uSirayeli waziphambanisa izandla zakhe, wabeka isandla sakhe sokunene phezu koEfrayim, nakuba wayengomncinane yena; esokhohlo sona wasibeka kuManase, oyena wayengomkhulu.
15. Wandula ke uSirayeli ukumthamsanqelisa uJosefu wenjenje:“Makawathamsanqelise la makhwenkwe uThixo ka-Abraham noIsake.UThixo ondaluse kwada kwayile mini, makawathamsanqelise.
16. Ewe, osithunywa esandisindisa kuzo zonke iingozi makawathamsanqelise.Igama lam, nelika-Abraham noIsake, malihlale lihleli ngawo la makhwenkwe.Anga anganda achume ehlabathini.”
17. Wakhathazeka uJosefu akubona uyise ebeka isandla sokunene kuEfrayim. Waza wasisusa wasibeka phezu koManase.
18. Watsho esithi: “Musukwenza loo nto, bawo. Nanku omkhulu; sibeke kuye isandla sokunene.”