1UJosefa wakhamba wabikela uFaro wathi: “Ubaba nabafowethu basukile eKanana sele baseGotjheni kanye nemihlambi yezimvu, yeembuzi, neenkomo nayo yoke ifuyo abanayo.”
2Phakathi kwabafowabo boke wathatha abahlanu wabethula kuFaro.
3UFaro wabuza abafowabo wathi: “Nazi msebenzi bani?” Baphendula bathi: “Iinceku zakho zibelusi, zifuze aboyise.”
4Godu bathi kuye: “Size bonyana sizokhonza enarhenapha ngombana indlala iyaphodlha eKanana le, kanti nemihlambi yeenceku zakho beyingasenamadlelo. Nje-ke sithe asibawe bonyana uvumele iinceku zakho zihlale eGotjhenapha.”
5UFaro wathi kuJosefa: “Njengombana uyihlo nabafowenu beze kuwe nje, 6qeda wena bonyana ungababeka kuphi. Bahlalise endaweni eyazisako yeGibhidapha. Ungase ubahlalise eGotjheni. Nange kukhona phakathi kwabo abanekghono elikhethekileko, babeke babe baphathi babelusi befuywami.”
7UJosefa waletha uyise uJakopo wamethula kuFaro. UJakopo walotjhisa uFaro bewambusisa. 8UFaro wambuza wathi: “Uneminyaka emingaki?”
9UJakopo wathi kuFaro: “Ngineminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi amathathu woke ngisikhonzi ephasinapha. Iminyaka yokuphila kwami mincani begodu ibudisi, ayilingani neminyaka yabobaba.”
10UJakopo wabusisa uFaro wamlayelisa, wakhamba.
11Yeke uJosefa wahlalisa uyise nabafowabo eGibhide, wabapha indawo okungeyabo. Bekuyindawo eyazisako, isesifundeni seRamasese njengokutjho kwakaFaro. 12UJosefa wondla uyise nabafowabo kanye nawo woke umndeni kayise ukuya ngokwesidingo sawo.
Ukuphatha kwakaJosefa ngesikhathi sendlala
13Soke isifunda besinganakudla ngombana indlala beyibhokile. Abantu beGibhide nebeKanana bebaphodlhekile ngebanga lendlala. 14UJosefa wabuthelela loke isiliva elafumaneka eGibhide neKanana ngokuthengisa ikoroyi, waliletha esigodlweni sakaFaro. 15Kuthe bona abantu beGibhide nebeKanana baphelelwe lisiliva, yoke iGibhide yeza kuJosefa yathi: “Sipha ukudla. Kubayini usiliselele sibulawe yindlala usiqalile? Qala sesidududu asisenasiliva.”
16UJosefa wathi: “Nakube anisenasiliva, lethani ifuywenu. Ngizanipha ukudla ngokuninanela ngayo.”
17Yeke baletha ifuywabo kuJosefa, wabapha ukudla ngeenjomani, imihlambi yezimvu, yeembuzi, neyeenkomo kanye nabodumbana babo. Umnyaka lowo wabatjheja ngokudla, bona bathenga ngefuywabo yoke.
18Kuthe nakuphela umnyaka lowo babe bangasenalitho. Ngomnyaka olandelako beza kuJosefa bathi: “Amala akasizi, asisenalitho. Ifuywethu seyaba ngeyakho, sitlhoga nesiliva. Asinanto esingayinikela ikosethu ngaphandle kwemizimbethu namasimethu. 19Kubayini usiliselele sibulawe yindlala usiqalile, thina namasimethu? Thenga thina namasimethu ngokudla ukuze sibe ngebakaFaro. Godu usiphe imbewu ukuze siphile singafi, namasimu angabi mrhula.”
20Yeke uJosefa wathengela uFaro woke amasimu weGibhide. AmaGibhide woke athengisa amasimawo ngombana indlala beyibhoke khulu. Inarha yaba ngeyakaFaro. 21Kiyo yoke imikhawulo yeGibhide uJosefa wafudusa abantu bonyana baye emadorbheni. 22Kwaba masimu wabaphristi kwaphela angazange awathenge ngombana bona bebafunyana isondlo kuFaro. Isondlweso besibanele, kungebangelo bangazange bathengise amasimabo.
23UJosefa wathi ebantwini: “Njengombana nginithenge bona nibe ngebakaFaro nina namasimenu nje, nasi-ke imbewu, tjalani amasimu la. 24Kodwana lokha nanivunako, yenzani isivuno senu sibe ziingcenye ezihlanu. Thathani ingcenye eyodwa niyinikele uFaro. Okuseleko nikugcine kube yimbewu enizayitjala, nokudla kwenu nemindenenu nabantwabenu.”
25Bathi kuye: “Ikosethu isindise ipilwethu yeke nayifuna bonyana sisebenzele uFaro, sizakwenza njalo.”
26UJosefa wakwenza kwaba mthetho wenarha yeGibhide osalandelwako nagadesi ukobana isivuno esiyingcenye eyodwa kezihlanu isisabelo sakaFaro. Masimu wabaphristi kwaphela angazange abe ngewakaFaro.
UJosefa uthembisa ukubulunga uJakopo eKanana
27Ama-Israyeli gade sele ahlala eGibhide esifundeni seGotjheni. Azuza ipahla lapho, abeletha, anda khulu ngesibalo.
28UJakopo wahlala eGibhide iminyaka elitjhumi namikhomba, yena waphila iminyaka elikhulu namatjhumi amane namikhomba. 29Kuthe nakufika isikhathi sokobana ahlongakale, wabiza indodanakhe uJosefa wathi kiyo: “Nange ngifumana umusa kuwe, faka isandla sakho ngaphasi kwenyongami bese uyangithembisa ngeqiniso nangokwethembeka bonyana awuzungibulungela eGibhidapha, 30kodwana nangihlongakalako, ngisusa lapha, ungithwale uyongibeka kibobamkhulu.”
UJosefa wathi: “Ngizakwenza njengombana ubaba asitjho.”
31UJakopo wathi: “Funga phambi kwami.”
Yeke uJosefa wafunga-ke. U-Israyeli wakhothama wathandaza eenhloko zombhedakhe.