UGenesise 42:1-17

Kwathi uJakobe ebona ukuthi kukhona ukolweni eGibithe, uJakobe wathi emadodaneni akhe: “Nibukana ngani na? Wathi: “Bheka, ngizwile ukuthi kukhona amabele eGibithe; yehlela lapho, usithengele khona; ukuze siphile, singafi. Abafowabo bakaJosefa abayishumi behla ukuyothenga amabele eGibithe. Kodwa uBhenjamini umfowabo kaJosefa kamthumanga uJakobe labafowabo; ngoba wathi: Ukuze ububi bungamfica. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli beza ukuthenga ukolweni phakathi kwabafikayo, ngokuba indlala yayikhona ezweni laseKhanani. UJosefa wayengumbusi wezwe, wayethengisa kubo bonke abantu bezwe; bafika abafowabo bakaJosefa bakhothama phambi kwakhe ubuso babo bubheke phansi. UJosefa wababona abafowabo, wabazi, kepha wazenza ongabazi kubo, wakhuluma kalukhuni kubo; wasesithi kubo: Livela ngaphi? Basebesithi: Sivela elizweni leKhanani ukuyathenga ukudla. UJosefa wabazi abafowabo, kepha bona abamazanga. UJosefa wayesekhumbula amaphupho awaphupha ngabo, wathi kubo: “Niyizinhloli; ukubona ubuze bezwe oze kulo. Bathi kuye: “Qha, nkosi, izinceku zakho zize ukuthenga ukudla.” Sonke singamadodana andodanye; singamadoda angempela, izinceku zakho azizona izinhloli. Wathi kubo: “Qha, nize ukubona ubuze bezwe.” Bathi: “Izinceku zakho ziyizelamani eziyishumi nambili, amadodana andodanye ezweni laseKhanani; bheka, encane ikubaba namuhla, enye ayikho. UJosefa wathi kubo: “Yilokhu engakhuluma kini ngathi: Niyizinhloli; Niyakuvivinywa ngalokhu: Kuphila kukaFaro aniyikusuka lapha, uma umfowenu omncane engezi lapha. Thumani omunye wenu ukuba amlande umfowenu, wena uyakuba etilongweni, ukuze kuvivinywe amazwi akho ukuthi kukhona yini iqiniso kuwe; Wabafaka bonke esitokisini izinsuku ezintathu.