Mwenyezi Mlungu anaamba hivi: “Hino ndiyo miphaka ya yo tsi mundiyoiganyira mbari kumi na mbiri za Iziraeli. Atu a chivyazi cha Yusufu chindaphaha seemu mbiri.
Yakala hivyo mana atu a mbari ya Yusufu akala mbari mbiri, Manase na Efuraimu, na taphana seemu yohewa Alawi katika yo tsi ela ahewa midzi ya kuishi na seemu za kurisira mifugo yao.
Atu a Efuraimu kulengana na miryango yao ahewa seemu ambayo muphakawe kpwa uphande wa mlairo wa dzuwa watsupira Atarothi-Adari hadi Bethi-Horoni ya dzulu,
Atu a mbari ya Yusufu agomba na Joshuwa achimuamba, “Kpwa utu wani wahupha seemu mwenga ikale urisi wehu na swino hu anji mana Mwenyezi Mlungu akaenderera kuhubariki?”