UGenesise 48:1-14

Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto omunye wathi kuJosefa: Bheka, uyihlo uyagula; wathatha amadodana akhe amabili, oManase no-Efrayimi, kanye naye. UJakobe watshelwa, kwathiwa: “Bheka, indodana yakho uJosefa iyeza kuwe; u-Israyeli wamqinisa, wahlala embhedeni.” UJakobe wasesithi kuJosefa: UNkulunkulu uSomandla wabonakala kimi eLusu elizweni leKhanani, wangibusisa. Futhi yathi kimi: Bheka, ngizokwenza uzale futhi ngikwandise, futhi ngizokwenza ube uquqaba lwezizwe; leli zwe ngiyakulinika inzalo yakho emva kwakho libe yifa kuze kube phakade. Manje amadodana akho amabili, u-Efrayimi noManase, owazalelwa wona ezweni laseGibithe ngingakafiki kuwe eGibithe, angawami; njengoRubeni noSimeyoni bayakuba ngabami. Futhi inzalo yakho oyoyizala ngemva kwabo iyoba ngeyakho futhi ibizwe ngegama labafowabo efeni layo. Mina-ke, ekuphumeni kwami ePhadani, uRaheli wafa nami ezweni laseKhanani endleleni, kusekude ukuba ngifike e-Efrati; ngammbela lapho endleleni yase-Efrati; okuyiBetlehema. U-Israyeli wabona amadodana kaJosefa wathi: “Angobani na? UJosefa wasesithi kuyise: Lawa angamadodana ami uNkulunkulu angiphe wona kulindawo. Wathi: “Ziletheni kimi, ngizababusisa.” Amehlo ka-Israyeli ayefiphele ngenxa yokuguga, engasaboni. Waziletha kuye; wasebanga, wawagona. UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Ngangingacabangi ukuthi ngizakubona ubuso bakho; khangela-ke, uNkulunkulu ungibonisile lenzalo yakho. UJosefa wayesebakhiphela phakathi kwamadolo akhe, wakhothamela ubuso bakhe emhlabathini. UJosefa wayesebabamba bobabili, u-Efrayimi ngesandla sakhe sokunene ngakwesokhohlo sika-Israyeli, noManase ngesokhohlo, ngakwesokunene sika-Israyeli, wabaletha kuye. U-Israyeli welula isandla sakhe sokunene wasibeka ekhanda lika-Efrayimi engomncane, nesandla sakhe sokhohlo ekhanda likaManase, eqondisa izandla zakhe ngokuhlakanipha; ngoba uManase wayelizibulo.