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.”
8 Ngalo lonke eli xesha uJosefu wayebazi abantakwabo, kodwa bona babengamazi.
9 Wakhumbula nalaa maphupha wayewaphupha ngabo, wathi kubo: “Nina niziimpimpi! Nizele nje ukuza kuhlola iindawo ezibuthathaka kwilizwe lethu.”
10 Bathe bona: “Hayi, nkosi, thina sizizicaka zakho nje ezize kuthenga ukutya.