Mabasa 7:9-16

“Matateguru zvaakanga achigodora Josefa, vakamutengesa, akaiswa Ijipiti; Mwari akava naye. Akamurwira panhamo dzake dzose, akamubatsira kuti adikanwe naFarao, mambo weIjipiti, ave nokuchenjera pamberi pake; iye akamuita mutariri weIjipiti noweimba yake yose. Zvino nzara ikasvika paIjipiti yose neKanani, nenhamo huru; madzibaba edu akashayiwa zvokudya. Zvino Jakobho, akati anzwa kuti kuIjipiti kune zviyo, pakutanga akatuma madzibaba edu. Parwendo rwechipiri Josefa akazikanwa navakuru vake; rudzi rwaJosefa rukaonekwa naFarao. Zvino Josefa akavatuma kundodana Jakobho, baba vake, nehama dzake dzose, vanhu vaiva namakumi manomwe navashanu. Jakobho akaburukira Ijipiti; akazofa, iye namadzibaba edu; vakaiswa Ishekemu vakavigwa pabwiro hwakanaka hwakatengwa naAbhurahamu nomutengo wesirivha kuvanakomana vaEmori paIshekemu.