3. USirayeli wayemthanda uYosefu ngaphezu kwabo bonke oonyana bakhe, ngokuba ebengunyana wokwaluphala kwakhe; yena wamenzela ke ingubo ende enemikhono.
4. Abakhuluwa bakhe babona ukuba uyise umthanda ngaphezu kwabo bonke, bamthiya, ababa nakuthetha naye bexolile.
5. UYosefu waphupha iphupha, wabaxelela abakhuluwa bakhe; kwaba kukhona bamthiyayo.
6. Wathi kubo, Khanilive eli phupha ndiliphuphileyo.
7. Yabonani, besibopha izithungu entsimini phakathi; saza isithungu sam sesuka sema; zaza izithungu zenu zasingqonga, zaqubuda kwisithungu sam.
8. Abakhuluwa bakhe bathi kuye, Yinene na ukuba uya kuba ngukumkani phezu kwethu? Yinene na ukuba uya kusilawula? Kwaba kukhona bamthiyayo ngenxa yamaphupha akhe, nangenxa yamazwi akhe.
9. Wabuya waphupha elinye iphupha, walixela kubakhuluwa bakhe, wathi, Yabonani, ndibuye ndaphupha iphupha; ndiphuphé ilanga nenyanga neenkwenkwezi ezilushumi elinanye ziqubuda kum.
10. Wakuxela kuyise, nakubakhuluwa bakhe. Uyise wamkhalimela, wathi kuye, Liphupha lini na eli uliphuphileyo? Mna, nonyoko, nabakhuluwa bakho, soza size kuqubuda kuwe na emhlabeni?
11. Abakhuluwa bakhe bammonela, ke yena uyise waligcina eli lizwi.
12. Ke kaloku abakhuluwa bakhe baya kwalusa impahla emfutshane kayise kwaShekem.
13. USirayeli wathi kuYosefu, Abakhuluwa bakho àbalusi eShekem na? Yiza, ndikuthume kubo.
14. Wathi yena kuye, Ndilapha. Wathi kuye, Khawuye kukhangela ukuphila kwabakhuluwa bakho, nokuphila kwempahla emfutshane; ubuye uze kundixelela. Wamthuma ke, emsusa entilini yaseHebron, waya eShekem.
15. Wafunyanwa ngumfo, ebhadula endle; umfo lowo wambuza wathi, Ùfuna ntoni na?
16. Wathi, Ndifuna abakhuluwa bam; khawundixelele apho balusa khona.
17. Wathi umfo, Bandulukile apha, kuba khendeva besithi, Masiye eDotan. UYosefu wabalandela abakhuluwa bakhe, wabafumana eDotan.
18. Bambona ke esekude, engekasondeli kubo, benza iyelenqe lokumbulala.
19. Bathetha omnye komnye besithi, Nanko lo mphuphi esiza.
20. Yizani ke ngoko, simbulale, simphose komnye wemihadi, sithi, Udliwe lirhamncwa, size sibone ukuba amaphupha akhe oba yintoni na.
21. Weva uRubhen, wamhlangula esandleni sabo; wathi, Masingambulali afe.