¹ Ngako Josefa wakhatsateka wate waculeka ebusweni beyise wakhe, wase uyakhala kuye, wase uyamcabuza. ² Josefa waphocelela tisebenti takhe letibodokotela kutsi bomise uyise. Ngako bodokotela bomisa Israyeli. ³ Batsatsa emalanga langu-40, Ngoba leso bekusikhatsi lesigcwele sekomisa. EmaGibhithe amlilela emalanga langemashumi lasikhombisa. ⁴ Kwatsi nasekuphele emalanga ekulila, Josefa wakhuluma nendlu yaFaro, watsi, ''Nangabe nyalo ngitfole bubele emehlweni akho, ngicela ukhulume kuFaro utsi, ⁵ Babe wami ungente ngafunga, ngatsi, ''buka, sengitokufa. Ngigcwabe ethuneni lami lengatigubhela mine eveni lase khenani. Lapho-ke utongingcwaba mine. ''Nyalo ngikhulule ngihambe ngiyongcwaba babe, ngitobese ngiyabuya''. ⁶ Faro waphendvula,'' Hamba uyogcwaba babe wakho, njengoba akwente wafunga.'' ⁸ Josefa wahamba wayongcwaba babe wakhe. Tonkhe tindvuna taFaro tahamba naye, baholi bendlu yakhe, kanye nato tonkhe tidvuna letinkhulu taseveni lase Gibhithe, ⁷ kanye nayo yonkhe indlu yaJosefa nabo mnakabo nendlu yababe wakhe. Kepha bantfwababo, nemihlambi yabo kanye netimfuyo yabo kwasala eveni lase Gosheni. ⁹ Tincola nemgibeli bemahhashi bato bahamba naye. Kwakusicumbi lesikhulu sebantfu. ¹⁰ Batsi nabefika esivunweni saAtad ngesheya kweJordan, balila kakhulu ngelusizi lolubuhlungu. Lapho Josefa wazilela babe wakhe emalanga lasikhombisa. ¹¹ Tatsi takhamiti tendzawo, emakhenani, nakabona kulila ebaleni laka-Atad, batsi, ''Lona ngumcimbi lobuhlungu kakhulu kumaGibhithe.'' Kungako lendzawo yabitwa Abel Mizraim, lengesheya neJordan. ¹² Ngako emadvodzana akhe, entela Jakobe njengobe bekalayetile kuwo. ¹³ Emadvodzana akhe ametfwala amyisa eveni laseKhenani amngcwabela khona emhomeni ensimini yaMachpelah, eceleni neMamre. Abraham watsenge lomhome nensimi nendzawo yekungcwaba. Awutsenge kuEphrom umHethi. ¹⁴ Emvakwekuba angcwabe babe wakhe, Josefa wabuyela eGibhithe, yena, kanye nabomnakabo, nabo bonkhe labebamphekeletele kuyogcwaba babe wakhe. ¹⁵ Batsi bomnakabo Josefa nababona kutsi babe wabo sofile, batsi, ''Nangabe Josefa ubambelela ekusikwateleni bese ufuna kusibhadala ngebubi lobuphelele ngalo bonkhe lokubi lesakwenta kuye?'' ¹⁶ Ngako baphocelela bukhona baJosefa, batsi, '' Babe wasinika umlayeto angakafi, watsi, tjelani Josefa loku, '' Ngicela ucolele siphambuko sabomnakenu kanye nesono sabo lesibi labasenta kuwe.'' ¹⁷ Nyalo ngcela ucolele tisebenti taNkulunkulu wababe wakho.'' Josefa wakhala nabakhuluma naye. ¹⁸ Bomnakabo nabo bahamba base bakhotsamisa buso phambi kwakhe. Batsi, ''buka sitisebenti takho,'' ¹⁹ kepha Josefa wabaphendvula bona, '' Ningesabi. Ngabe ngisendzaweni yaNkulunkulu na? ²⁰ Mayelana nani benicondze kungilimata kepha Nkulunkulu abehlose lokuhle, kugcina tebantfu labanye njengoba nibona namuhla. ²¹ Ngako ningesabi ngitaninakekela kanye nebantfwabenu. '' Wabadvudvuta ngalena ndlela wase ukhuluma kahle etinhlitiyweni tabo. ²² Josefa waphila eGibhithe, kanye nemndeni wababe wakhe. Waphila iminyaka lengu110. ²³ Josefa wabona situkulwane sesitsatfu kubantfwana baEphraim. Waphindze wabona bantfwana baMakir indvodzana yaManasseh, labekabekwe emadvolweni aJosefa. ²⁴ Josefa watsi kubomnakabo, '' Sengitokufa, Kepha Nkulunkulu utofika anihole nine kulo lelive aniyise kulelive lafunga ngalo kutsi utolinika Abraham, Isaka, naJakobe.'' ²⁵ Wase Josefa wenta emadvodzana aIsrael afunga watsi Nkulunkulu noma kanjan utokuta kini. Watsi, ''Nkulunkulu imphela utokuta kini. Ngaleso sikhatsi nibotsatsa ematsambo ami lapha.'' ²⁶ Ngako Josefa wafa, aneminyaka lengu110. Basomisa sidvumbu sakhe basibeka eGibhithe.