12 UJosefa wawakhipha emathangeni akhe; wakhothama, ubuso bakhe bubheke phansi.
13 UJosefa wayesebathatha bobabili, u-Efrayimi ngesokunene, engakwesokhohlo sika-Israyeli, noManase ngesokhohlo, engakwesokunene sika-Israyeli, wabasondeza kuye.
14 U-Israyeli wayeselula isandla sakhe sokunene, wasibeka ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, kanti ungomncane, nesokhohlo ekhanda likaManase, ephambanisa izandla zakhe, ngokuba uManase wayeyizibulo.
15 Wambusisa uJosefa, wathi:“UNkulunkulu abahamba ebusweni bakheobaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka,uNkulunkulu ongondlile konke ukuhamba kwamikuze kube namuhla,
16 ingelosi engisindise ebubini bonke mayibusise abafana;mababizwe ngegama lami nangegama lawobaba o-Abrahama no-Isaka;mabande, babe baningi phakathi kwezwe.”
17 Wabona uJosefa ukuthi uyise wabeka isandla sakhe sokunene ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, kwaba kubi emehlweni akhe; wasibamba isandla sikayise ukuba asisuse ekhanda lika-Efrayimi, asibeke ekhanda likaManase.
18 Wayesethi uJosefa kuyise: “Kungabi njalo, ngokuba lo uyizibulo; beka esokunene sakho ekhanda lakhe.”