51 UJosefa wanika izibulo lakhe ibizo wathi nguManase*+ ngoba wayesithi, “UNkulunkulu usengenze ngakhohlwa zonke inhlupho zami kanye labo bonke abendlu kababa.” 52 Owesibili wamnika ibizo wathi ngu-Efrayimi*+ ngoba wathi, “UNkulunkulu usengenze ngaba labantwana* elizweni lokuhlupheka kwami.”+

20 Amadodana kaJosefa awazala elizweni laseGibhithe kwakunguManase+ lo-Efrayimi+ njalo wawazalelwa ngu-Asenathi+ indodakazi kaPhothifera umphristi wase-Oni.*

17 Akuzange kumphathe kuhle uJosefa ukubona uyise elokhu ebeke isandla sakhe sokudla phezu kwekhanda lika-Efrayimi. Yikho wazama ukuthi asuse isandla sikayise ekhanda lika-Efrayimi asise kwelikaManase. 18 UJosefa wasesithi kuyise: “Hayi baba, lo nguye olizibulo.+ Faka isandla sakho sokudla ekhanda lakhe.” 19 Kodwa uyise wayelokhu esala esithi: “Ngiyakwazi ndodana yami, ngiyakwazi sibili. Lakuye kuzaphuma abantu abanengi njalo laye uzakuba mkhulu. Lanxa kunjalo, umnawakhe uzakuba mkhulu kulaye+ njalo izizukulwane zakhe zizakuba zinengi zilingane lezizwe ezinengi.”+

18 “Eceleni elisentshonalanga kuzakhempa iqembu elibunjwa yizizwana ezintathu ezikhokhelwa yisizwana sako-Efrayimi kusiya ngendawo ezabelwe kuyo;* umkhokheli wamadodana ka-Efrayimi ngu-Elishama+ indodana ka-Amihudi. 19 Labo ababhaliswe ebuthweni lakhe bangu-40 500.+