IGenesisi 50:22-26

UJosefa wahlala eGibhithe nabo bonke abendlu kayise. Waphila waze waba neminyaka eyi-110, waze wabona ngisho isizukulwane sesithathu sabantwana baka-Efrayimi; nabantwana bakaMakhiri indodana kaManase, wabagona ethangeni lakhe besanda kuzalwa. UJosefa wathi kubafowabo: “Sengizokufa mina, kodwa uNkulunkulu akasoze anilibala nakanye, uyonikhuphula kuleli lizwe, aniphindisele ezweni alethembisa ngesifungo ko-Abhrahama, no-Isaka, noJakobe.” UJosefa wawafungisa amadodana ka-Israyeli, wathi: “UNkulunkulu uzakunihambela impela, anowakhuphula amathambo ami kule ndawo.” UJosefa wafa eseqede iminyaka eyi-110, abantu bamgqumisa ngemithi, wayesefakwa ebhokisini lomngcwabo eGibhithe.