9 UJosefa wathi kuye: “Ngamadodana ami angiphe wona lapha uNkulunkulu.”Wayesethi: “Ake uwalethe kimi, ngiwabusise.”
10 Kepha amehlo ka-Israyeli ayefiphele ngobudala, engasenakubona; wawasondeza kuye; wawanga, wawagona.
11 Wayesethi u-Israyeli kuJosefa: “Ngangingacabanganga ukuthi ngizakubona ubuso bakho; bheka, uNkulunkulu ungibonise nenzalo yakho.”
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,