Hōʻole maila kona makua kāne, ʻī maila, “Ua ʻike au, e kuʻu keiki, ua ʻike au, e lilo nō hoʻi ia i lāhui kanaka a e nui nō ia; akā, ʻo kona kaikaina, e kela aku kona nui ma mua o kēia, a e lilo ana ia i lāhui kanaka nui loa.”
“A ʻo nā keiki āu ʻelua, i hānau ʻia mai nāu ma ka ʻāina i ʻAigupita nei, i ka wā ma mua aku o koʻu hele ʻana mai iā ʻoe i ʻAigupita nei, naʻu nō lāua. ʻO ʻEperaima a ʻo Manase, e like me Reubena a me Simeona, pēlā nō lāua naʻu.
¶ ʻO nā mamo a Iosepa, ʻo ia ʻo nā mamo a ʻEperaima, ma ko lākou mau hanauna, ma muli o ko lākou mau ʻohana, ma ko ka hale o ko lākou poʻe kūpuna, e like me ka helu ʻana i nā inoa, mai ka iwakālua o ka makahiki a keu aku, ʻo ka poʻe a pau e hiki ke hele i ke kaua,
¶ ʻO nā mamo a Manase, ma ko lākou mau hanauna, ma muli o ko lākou mau ʻohana, ma ko ka hale o ko lākou poʻe kūpuna, e like me ka helu ʻana i nā inoa, mai ka iwakālua o ka makahiki a keu aku, ʻo ka poʻe a pau e hiki ke hele i ke kaua,
ʻO ia nā ʻohana a nā keiki a ʻEperaima ma ka poʻe o lākou i helu ʻia: he kanakolukumamālua tausani, a me nā haneri ʻelima. ʻO ia nā keiki a Iosepa ma ko lākou mau ʻohana.
“Me ka hānau mua o kona poʻe bipi, pēlā kona nani, ʻO nā kiwi o ka bipi hihiu, ʻo ia kona mau kiwi; Me ia mea e ʻō aku ia i nā kānaka ma kahi hoʻokahi, a i nā mokuna o ka honua; ʻO ia nā ʻumi tausani o ʻEperaima, a ʻo ia nā tausani o Manase.”