28. Kwathi xa kwakudlula iqela labarhwebi bamaMidiyan, bamkhupha uJosefu kuloo mhadi, bamthengisa ngamashumi amabini eesiliva kumaIshmayeli, awamthathayo amsa eJiputa.
29. Akuya kuvela kwelo qula uRubhen, wafika engekho uJosefu, wasuka wakrazula izambatho zakhe ngenxa yosizi awayenalo.
30. Wabuyela kubaninawa bakhe, wathi: “Madoda, laa nkwenkwe ayikho phaya; ndiza kuyithini le nto?”