3 Nakutenepo akulu wa Jozefi khumi adayenda ku Ijipiti kagula chakudya.
Iwo adati, “Ise alanda wanu, ndise khumi naawili pawubale wathu, wana wamunthu m'bodzi wamudziko la Kenani; wakumalizila ana apayi wathu, mung'ono wathu pachalibe.”
Iye adati, “Ndabva kuti ku Ijipiti kuna chakudya. Yendani mukatigulile chakudya, kuti tilalame, tileke kufa.”
Koma Jakobho alibe kuyendesa Bhenjemani mung'ono wa Jozefi, pabodzi naakulu wake, pakuti akhagopela kuti chinango chinthu chingachitike kwayiye.
Wana wa Izraeli adabwela kuzagula pabodzi naanango, pakuti mu Kenani mukhadachita njala.