6 UJosefa wayengumbusi ezweni; nguyena owathengisela abantu bonke bezwe; bafika-ke abafowabo bakaJosefa, bamkhothamela ngobuso phansi.
7 UJosefa wabona abafowabo, wabazi, kepha wazishaya ongabaziyo kubo, wakhuluma kalukhuni kubo, wathi kubo: “Nivelaphi na?”Bathi: “Sivela ezweni laseKhanani, size ukuthenga ukudla.”
8 UJosefa wabazi abafowabo, kepha bona abamazanga.
9 UJosefa wayesekhumbula amaphupho awaphupha ngabo, wathi kubo: “Niyizinhloli; nize ukubona ubuze bezwe.”
10 Bathi kuye: “Qha, nkosi, izinceku zakho zize ukuba zithenge ukudla.
11 Sonke singamadodana andodanye; singabantu abaqotho; izinceku zakho aziyizo izinhloli.”
12 Wathi kubo: “Qhabo, nize ukubona ubuze bezwe.”