UGenesise 42:1-8

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.