1 UYakobi akuva ukuba iyafumaneka ingqolowa eJiputa, uthe koonyana bakhe: “Kutheni ninyabile nje?
2 Ndivile mna ukuba iyafumaneka eJiputa ingqolowa. Yiyani kuyithenga khona, singafi yindlala.”
3 Banduluka ke abakhuluwa bakaJosefu abalishumi ukuya kuthenga ingqolowa eJiputa.
4 Kodwa uYakobi akazange amthume kunye nabo uBhenjamin umninawa kaJosefu, kuba esoyika hleze ahlelwe yinto.
5 Oonyana bakaSirayeli bagaleleka kunye nabanye abathengi, kuba kwakukho indlala kulo lonke eKanana.
6 UJosefu, umphathiswa waseJiputa, wayethengisela abantu beendawo ngeendawo ingqolowa. Bafika ke nabantakwabo, bakhahlela bequbuda ngobuso emhlabeni.
7 Wathi akubabona abantakwabo uJosefu, wabanakana kwangoko, kodwa wazenza ongabaziyo. Wababuza rhabaxa wathi: “Nivela phi?”Bona bathi: “Sivela eKanana. Size kuthenga ukutya.”