UJakobe akavumanga, kodwa wathi: “Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi; naye uzokuba yisizwe, abe mkhulu. Nokho umnawakhe u-Efrayimi uzokuba mkhulu kunaye, izizukulwane zakhe zibe yizizwe eziningi.”
UNumeri 1:33 - IsiZulu 2020 labo ababalwayo kubo, abesizwana sakwa-Efrayimi, babeyizi-40 500. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE labo ababalwayo kubo, abesizwe sakwa-Efrayimi, babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane namakhulu ayisihlanu. Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 ababalwayo kubo besizwe sakwaEfrayim, baba ngamashumi amane amawaka, anamakhulu mahlanu. |
UJakobe akavumanga, kodwa wathi: “Ngiyazi, ndodana yami, ngiyazi; naye uzokuba yisizwe, abe mkhulu. Nokho umnawakhe u-Efrayimi uzokuba mkhulu kunaye, izizukulwane zakhe zibe yizizwe eziningi.”
“Ngakho-ke lawa madodana akho amabili azalelwe lapha eGibhithe ngingakafiki, asengawami manje. U-Efrayimi noManase bangabami, njengoba kunjalo kuRubeni noSimeyoni.
Abozalo lukaJosefa, okungukuthi uzalo lwabakwa-Efrayimi, ngokolibo lwemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama, kusukela kwabaneminyaka engama-20, bonke abangaphuma impi:
Abozalo lukaManase, ngokolibo lwemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama, kusukela kwabaneminyaka engama-20 kuya phezulu, bonke abangaphuma impi:
Yileyo-ke imindeni yabozalo luka-Efrayimi, ababalwayo babeyizi-32 500. Lebo kwakungabozalo lukaJosefa ngemindeni yabo.
Izibulo lenkunzi yakhe, udumo lwakhe, nezimpondo zenyathi ziyizimpondo zakhe; ngazo uyakuqhubukusha izizwe zonke ekugcineni komhlaba; zinjalo izigidi zakwa-Efrayimi, zinjalo izinkulungwane zakwaManase.’