UGenesisi 46 - iBhayibhili Elingcwele 1978

UJakobe uya eGibithe

¹ UIsrayeli wasuka lakho konke ayelakho, wafika eBerisheba, wanikela iminikelo kuNkulunkulu kayise uIsaka.

² UNkulunkulu wakhuluma kuIsrayeli ngemibono yasebusuku wathi: Jakobe, Jakobe! Wathi: Ngilapha.

³ Wasesithi: NginguNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu kayihlo; ungesabi ukuya eGibithe, ngoba ngizakukwenza ube yisizwe esikhulu khona;

⁴ mina ngizakuya lawe eGibithe, ngibuye ngikukhuphe; ekufeni kwakho uJosefa uzavala amehlo akho.

⁵ UJakobe wasesuka eBerisheba. Amadodana kaIsrayeli amthwala uJakobe uyise labantwana bawo labomkawo ngezinqola ayezithumile uFaro ukumthwala.

⁶ Bathatha inkomo zabo lempahla zabo ababezizuzile elizweni laseKanani, bafika eGibithe, uJakobe lenzalo yakhe yonke,

⁷ amadodana akhe, lamadodana amadodana akhe, lamadodakazi akhe, lamadodakazi amadodana akhe; yonke inzalo yakhe wayiletha eGibithe.

Inzalo kaJakobe

⁸ La ngamabizo abantwana bakaIsrayeli abafika eGibithe, uJakobe lamadodana akhe, uRubeni izibulo likaJakobe.

⁹ Amadodana kaRubeni ayengoHanoki loPalu, loHezironi loKarimi.

¹⁰ Amadodana kaSimeyoni ayengoJemuweli loJamini loOhadi loJakini loZohari loShawuli indodana yowesifazana waseKanani.

¹¹ Amadodana kaLevi ayengoGerishoni loKohathi loMerari.

¹² Amadodana kaJuda ayengoEri loOnani loShela loPerezi loZera; kodwa uEri loOnani bafela elizweni laseKanani. Amadodana kaPerezi ayengoHezironi loHamuli.

¹³ Amadodana kaIsakari ayengoTola loPuva loIyobi loShimroni.

¹⁴ Amadodana kaZebuluni ayengoSeredi loEloni loJaleli.

¹⁵ Lawo ngamadodana kaLeya awazala kuJakobe ePadani‐Arama kanye lendodakazi yakhe uDina; bonke abantwana bakhe babengamatshumi amathathu lantathu.

¹⁶ Amadodana kaGadi ayengoZifiyoni loHagi loShuni loEziboni loEriyi loArodi loAreli.

¹⁷ Amadodana kaAsheri ayengoJimna loIshiva loIshivi loBeriya loSera udadewabo. Amadodana kaBeriya ayengoHeberi loMalikiyeli.

¹⁸ Lawo ngamadodana kaZilipa, uLabani amnika yena uLeya indodakazi yakhe, awazala kuJakobe, abantwana abalitshumi lesithupha.

¹⁹ Amadodana kaRaheli umkaJakobe ayengoJosefa loBenjamini.

²⁰ UJosefa wazala elizweni laseGibithe uManase loEfrayimi, abazala kuAsenathi indodakazi kaPotifera umpristi waseOni.

²¹ Amadodana kaBenjamini ayengoBela loBekeri loAshibeli loGera loNamani loEhi loRoshi loMupimi loHupimi loAridi.

²² Lawo ngamadodana kaRaheli awazala kuJakobe, abantwana abalitshumi lane.

²³ Indodana kaDani yayinguHushimi.

²⁴ Amadodana kaNafitali ayengoJazeli loGuni loJezeri loShilema.

²⁵ Lawo ngamadodana kaBiliha, uLabani amnika yena uRaheli indodakazi yakhe, awazala kuJakobe, abantwana abayisikhombisa.

²⁶ Bonke abantu abafika loJakobe eGibithe, abayinzalo yakhe, ngaphandle kwabafazi bamadodana kaJakobe, babengamatshumi ayisithupha lesithupha.

²⁷ Amadodana kaJosefa awazala eGibithe ayengabantwana ababili. Bonke abendlu kaJakobe abafika eGibithe babengamatshumi ayisikhombisa.

UJakobe labantwana bakhe eGibithe

²⁸ UJakobe wasethuma uJuda ngaphambi kwakhe ukuyatshela uJosefa ukuba amhlangabeze eGosheni; bafika elizweni laseGosheni.

²⁹ UJosefa esebophele inqola yakhe, waya eGosheni ukumhlangabeza uIsrayeli uyise; wazibonakalisa kuye, wamgona, wakhala isikhathi eside emgonile.

³⁰ UIsrayeli wasesithi kuJosefa: Sengingafa lokhu sengikubonile, ngiyazi ukuthi usekhona.

³¹ UJosefa wathi kubafowabo lakubo abendlu kayise: Ngizahamba ngiyemtshela uFaro ngithi: Abafowethu labendlu kababa ababeselizweni laseKanani sebefikile;

³² lamadoda angabelusi ngoba abengamadoda afuyileyo; eze lezimvu zawo lenkomo zawo lempahla yawo yonke.

³³ Kuzakuthi lapho uFaro elibiza esithi: Uyini umsebenzi wenu?

³⁴ kalibokuthi: Inceku zakho zingabantu bemfuyo, kusukela ebutsheni bethu kuze kube khathesi, thina labobaba. Ngalokhu lizavunyelwa ukwakha elizweni laseGosheni, ngoba wonke umalusi wezimvu uyanengeka kumaGibithe.