17 Uthe uYosefu akubona ukuba utata wakhe uqhubeka ebeke isandla sakhe sasekunene phezu kwentloko kaEfrayim, akayithanda loo nto. Ngoko wazama ukusisusa isandla sikatata wakhe phezu kwentloko kaEfrayim aze asibeke kwekaManase.

19 Kodwa utata wakhe wala, wathi: “Ndiyazi nyana wam, ndiyazi. Naye uza kuba sisizwana ibe naye uza kuba mkhulu. Kodwa ke umninawa wakhe uza kuba mkhulu kunaye,+ kwaye inzala* yakhe iza kuba ziintlanga ezininzi.”+