18 Wakhuluma kuyise watsi: “Cha, phela babe, lona nguyena alitubulo, beka sandla sakho sekudla etikwakhe.”
Loti waphendvula watsi: “Cha, Nkhosi, akungabi njalo.
Rebheka watsatsa timphahla letincono kakhulu ta-Esawu letatisendlini kabo, watembatsisa Jakobe.
Labani wamphendvula watsi: “Kulelive akwentiwa kutsi kwendziswe lomncane kucala lomdzala angakendzi.
BomnakaboJosefa bahlaliswa etafuleni, ngekwelamana kwabo: litubulo ngebudzala balo nelitfunjana ngebuncane balo, bonkhe babebheke ngakuJosefa. Batsi nabakubona loko bomnakaboJosefa babukana bodvwana, bamangele.
Watsi kube Josefa abone kutsi uyise ubeke sandla sakhe sekudla etikwenhloko ya-Efrayimu, wakhubeka. Watsatsa sandla seyise sekudla etikwa-Efrayimu kuze asibeke etikwenhloko yaManase.
Kodvwa uyise wala, watsi: “Ngiyati, ndvodzana yami, ngiyati. Naye utaba sive, naye futsi utaba mkhulu. Kodvwa nome kunjalo, lona lomncane utawuba mkhulu kunaye, netitukulwane takhe tiyawuba tive letinkhulu.”
“Rubeni, wena ulitubulo lami, nemandla ami, ngabona ngawe kutsi nami ngiyindvodza. Uyingcwele ngesitfunti nengcwele ngemandla.
Cha! Lokungenani akuhambe nine madvodza niyewukhonta loSimakadze wenu, ngobe empeleni nguloko lenikufunako.” Bakhishwa embikwaFaro.
Kepha letatihlakaniphile taphendvula tatsi: ‘Cha, ngeke asenele tsine nani. Lokuncono hambani niye kulabawatsengisako, niyetitsengela kubo!’
Kodvwa Phetro watsi: “Ngeke, Nkhosi! Angizange sengiyidle intfo leyatiwa ngekutsi ingcolile.”
Kodvwa ngatsi: ‘Ngeke, Nkhosi, ngobe akuzange sekungene nakunye lokungcolile emlonyeni wami.’