Ipapo Farao akatuma munhu kundodana Josefa, akakurumidza kumubudisa mugomba; vakaveura ndebvu dzake nokumufukidza dzimwe nguo; akapinda kuna Farao. Farao akati kuna Josefa, “Ndarota hope, asi hakuna munhu anogona kundidudzira idzo; zvino ndanzwa kuti iwe, kana wanzwa kurota, unogona kuzvidudzira.”
Josefa akapindura Farao, akati, “Kwete, handizini; Mwari ndiye angapa Farao dudziro yorugare.”
Farao akarondedzera kuna Josefa akati, “Pakurota kwangu ndakazviona ndimire pamhenderekedzo yorwizi; ndikaona murwizi muchibuda mhou nomwe, dzakanga dzakakora, dzakanaka; dzikafura pakati penhokwe; ndikaonazve dzimwe mhou nomwe dzichikwira shure kwadzo dzine nzara, dzakaipa kwazvo, dzakaonda, handina kumboona dzakaipa dzakadai panyika yose yeIjipiti. Zvino mhou idzodzo dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzikadya, mhou dziya dzakakora dzokutanga; dzakati dzadzidya, hadzina kutongozikanwa kuti dzadzidya; asi dzakanga dzakangoipa sapakutanga. Zvino ndikapepuka. Ndikaonazve pakurota kwangu hura nomwe dzakanga dzatumbuka padzinde rimwe, dzizere, dzakanaka; ndikaonazve dzimwe hura nomwe, dzakaoma, dzakatetepa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokumabvazuva, dzichibuda shure kwadzo. Hura idzodzo dzakatetepa dzikamedza hura nomwe dzakanaka; ndikaudza n'anga, asi kwakanga kusina munhu akagona kundidudzira izvozvo.”
Ipapo Josefa akati kuna Farao, “Kurota kwaFarao ndokumwe; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndizvo zvaakazivisa Farao. Mhou nomwe dzakanaka makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dzakanaka makore manomwewo; kurota ndokumwe. Mhou nomwe dzakaonda, dzakaipa, dzakakwira shure kwaidzodzo, makore manomwe, nehura nomwe dzakaputa, dzakapiswa nemhepo yokumabvazuva, achava makore manomwe enzara. Ndiro shoko randataura kuna Farao; izvo Mwari zvaanoda kuita, ndizvo zvaakaratidza Farao. Tarirai, kunouya makore manomwe amaguta kwazvo panyika yose yeIjipiti; shure kwaiwayo kuchatevera makore manomwe enzara; ipapo maguta ose achakanganikwa panyika yeIjipiti; nzara ichapedza nyika; maguta haangazozikanwi munyika nokuda kwenzara iyoyo inozotevera, nokuti ichanyanya kwazvo. Kurota uku kwakapamhidzwa kuna Farao kaviri, nokuti izvozvo zvakatarwa naMwari, uye Mwari achakurumidza kuzviita.