8. Uthe uSirayeli akubona oonyana bakaJosefu: “Ngoobani la makhwenkwe?”
9. Uthe kuyise uJosefu: “Aba ngoonyana bam, andiphe bona uThixo apha eJiputa.”Uthe yena: “Basondeze kum, ndibathamsanqelise.”
10. USirayeli wayeselebona luzizi, kuba wayeselaluphele, engasaboni kakuhle ke ngoko. Wabasondeza ke uJosefu oonyana bakhe, uSirayeli wabanga.
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.