IGenesis
46:1 Wanduluka ke uSirayeli neento zonke abenazo, wafika eBher-shebha.
wabingelela imibingelelo kuThixo kayise uIsake.
46:2 Wathetha uThixo kuSirayeli emibonweni yobusuku, wathi, Yakobi!
uYakobi. Wathi yena, Ndilapha.
46:3 Wathi, NdinguThixo, uThixo wooyihlo, musa ukoyika ukuhla uye
Jiphethe; kuba ndiya kukwenza uhlanga olukhulu khona.
46:4 Mna ndiya kuhla ndiye nawe eYiputa; Nam ndiya kukuzisa
vuka, uYosefu abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwamehlo akho.
46:5 Wesuka uYakobi eBher-shebha; oonyana bakaSirayeli bamthwala uYakobi
uyise, nabantwana babo, nabafazi babo, babeseenqweloni
awayethumele uFaro ukuba amthabathe.
46:6 Bayithabatha imfuyo yabo, nengqwebo yabo ababeyiqwebile
ezweni lakwaKanan, waya eYiputa, uYakobi nembewu yakhe yonke
yena:
46:7 oonyana bakhe, noonyana boonyana bakhe ndawonye naye, neentombi zakhe, noonyana boonyana bakhe, ndawonye naye.
iintombi, nembewu yakhe yonke yeza naye eYiputa.
46:8 Ngawo la amagama oonyana bakaSirayeli, ababengenayo
uJiputa, uYakobi noonyana bakhe: uRubhen amazibulo kaYakobi.
46:9 Oonyana bakaRubhen nguAsheri; noHanoki, noFalu, noHetseron, noKarmi.
46:10 Oonyana bakaSimon nguSimeyon; noYemuweli, noYamin, no-Ohadi, noYakin, no
uTsohare, noSawule, unyana womKananekazi.
46:11 Oonyana bakaLevi nguAsheri; uGershon, noKehati, noMerari.
46:12 Oonyana bakaYuda nguAsheri; uEre, no-Onan, noShela, noPeretse, noZera;
kodwa uEre no-Onan bafela ezweni lakwaKanan. Oonyana bakaPeretse baba
nguHetseron noHamuli.
46:13 Oonyana bakaIsakare nguAsheri; uTola, noPuwa, noYobhi, noShimron.
46:14 Oonyana bakaZebhulon nguZebhulon; uSerede, noElon, noYaleli.
46:15 Ngabo abo oonyana bakaLeya, awabazalela uYakobi ePadan-aram, kunye nabo
intombi yakhe uDina; yonke imiphefumlo yoonyana bakhe neyeentombi zakhe yaba
amashumi amathathu anesithathu.
46:16 Oonyana bakaGadi nguShela; noTsifiyon, noHagi, noShuni, noEtsebhon, noEri, no
uArodi noAreli.
46:17 Oonyana baka-Ashere nguAshere; noImna, noIshuwa, noIshvi, noBheriya, no
Udade wabo uSera: noonyana bakaBheriya nguShera; uHebhere, noMalekiyeli.
46:18 Ngabo abo oonyana bakaZilipa, awathi uLabhan wamnika uLeya intombi yakhe;
abo wabazalela uYakobi, imiphefumlo elishumi elinamithandathu.
46:19 Oonyana bakaRakeli, umkaYakobi; uYosefu noBhenjamin.
46:20 UYosefu wazalelwa ezweni laseYiputa, uManase noEfrayim;
awamzalela lona uAzenati, intombi kaPotifera, umbingeleli waseOn.
46:21 Oonyana bakaBhenjamin nguBhela, noBhekere, noAshbhele, noGera, no
noNahaman, noEhi, noRoshe, noMupim, noHupim, noArdi.
46:22 Ngabo abo oonyana bakaRakeli, abazalelwa uYakobi: yonke imiphefumlo
babelishumi elinesine.
46:23 Oonyana bakaDan nguShela; Hushim.
46:24 Oonyana bakaNafetali nguAsheri; noYatseli, noGuni, noYezere, noShilem.
46:25 Ngabo abo oonyana bakaBhiliha, awathi uLabhan wamnika uRakeli intombi yakhe;
abo wabazalela uYakobi; iyonke yimiphefumlo esixhenxe.
46:26 Yonke imiphefumlo eyaya noYakobi eYiputa, leyo yaphuma kuye
esinqeni, ngaphandle kwabafazi boonyana bakaYakobi, iyonke yimiphefumlo emashumi mathandathu anamithandathu
Ntandathu;
46:27 Oonyana bakaYosefu awabazalelwa eYiputa yimiphefumlo emibini.
yonke imiphefumlo yendlu kaYakobi eyaya eYiputa
amashumi asixhenxe.
46:28 Wasusa uYuda ukuba amandulele aye kuYosefu, ambonise indlela
iGoshen; bafika ezweni laseGoshen.
46:29 UYosefu wayibopha inqwelo yakhe, wenyuka waya kumkhawulela uSirayeli eyakhe
uyise eGoshen, wazibonakalisa kuye; wawa phezu kweyakhe
Walila umzuzu entanyeni yakhe.
46:30 Wathi uSirayeli kuYosefu, Ndibubonile nje ubuso bakho, mandife ngoku.
ngokuba usaphila.
46:31 Wathi uYosefu kubakhuluwa bakhe, nakwindlu kayise, Ndiya kuvuma
nyuka uye kuxelela uFaro, uthi kuye, Abazalwana bam, nobawo
indlu esezweni lakwaKanan leza kum;
46:32 kunjalo nje la madoda ngabalusi bempahla emfutshane, kuba ngabafuyi; kwaye
impahla yabo emfutshane, neenkomo zabo, neento zonke abanazo, beze nazo.
46:33 Kothi, xa athe wanibiza uFaro, wathi,
Ithini Indawo?
46:34 nithi, Abakhonzi bakho ngabarhwebi bempahla yethu
ubutsha kude kube ngoku, thina aba kwanoobawo bethu; ukuze nihlale nina
kwilizwe laseGoshen; ngokuba balisikizi kuYehova bonke abalusi
amaYiputa.