1. Nanga amagama oonyana bakaSirayeli abâfuduka kunye naye baya eJiputa nezindlu zabo:
2. uRubhen, uSimon, uLevi, noJuda;
3. uIsakare, uZebhulon, noBhenjamin;
4. uDan, uNafetali, uGadi, noAshere.
5. Bebonke abayinzala kaYakobi babengamashumi asixhenxe. Kaloku yena uJosefu wayeseleseJiputa kakade.
6. Ekuhambeni kwexesha wafa uJosefu nabantakwabo, naso sonke eso sizukulwana.
7. Kambe ke yona inzala yabo, amaSirayeli, yaqhama yanda kakhulu. Ewe, yanda yaphinda-phindana, yakhula nangamanani, futhi iluqilima, yada yalizalisa elaseJiputa.
8. Ke kaloku kwavela kumkani wumbi owayengazi nto ngoJosefu, wangumlawuli kwelaseJiputa.
9. Wabhekisa kubantu bakhe, wathi: “Niyawabona na ukwanda kwawo la maSirayeli, niqonda na ukuba aluqilima?
10. Ngoko ke masihlale sivundlile, hleze athi akwanda ngaphezu koku adibane neentshaba zethu ngexesha lemfazwe, asihlasele, afumane ithuba lokubaleka emke kweli lizwe.”