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.

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.”+