2. Wathi, Yabonani, ndivile ukuba kukho ingqolowa eYiputa; yihlani niye khona, nisithengele ingqolowa, siphile, singafi.
3. Behla abakhuluwa bakaYosefu abalishumi, beya kuthenga ingqolowa eYiputa.
4. Kodwa uBhenjamin, umninawa kaYosefu, uYakobi akamthumanga nabakhuluwa bakhe; kuba wathi, hleze ahlelwe yingozi.
5. Oonyana bakaSirayeli beza kuthenga ingqolowa phakathi kwabo bezayo; kuba indlala ibikho ezweni lakwaKanan.
6. UYosefu wayengumlawuli welizwe elo; yena wayethengisa ngengqolowa kubo bonke abantu belizwe elo; bafika ke abakhuluwa bakaYosefu, baqubuda kuye ngobuso emhlabeni.
7. UYosefu wababona abakhuluwa bakhe, wabazi, wazenza ongabaziyo, wathetha nabo kalukhuni, wathi kubo, Nivela phi na? Bathi, Sivela ezweni lakwaKanan, size kuthenga ukudla.
8. UYosefu wabazi abakhuluwa bakhe; ke bona abamnakananga.
9. Wawakhumbula uYosefu amaphupha abewaphuphile ngabo, wathi kubo, Niziintlola nina; nizé kubona ubuzé belizwe eli.
10. Bathi kuye, Hayi, nkosi; abakhonzi bakho baze kuthenga ukudla.
11. Sonke siphela singoonyana bamfo mnye; siyalungisa, abakhonzi bakho àbazizo iintlola.
12. Wathi kubo, Hayi, nizé kubona ubuzé belizwe eli.