1. UJosefa wayesengena, wamtshela uFaro, wathi: “Ufikile ubaba nabafowethu, nezimvu zabo, nezinkomo zabo, nakho konke abanakho, bephuma ezweni laseKhanani; bheka, sebesezweni laseGosheni.”
2. Phakathi kwabafowabo wathatha amadoda ayisihlanu, wawabeka phambi kukaFaro.
3. UFaro wayesethi kubafowabo: “Uyini umsebenzi wenu na?”Bathi kuFaro: “Izinceku zakho zingabelusi, thina nawobaba.”
4. Bathi kuFaro: “Size ukugogobala ezweni, ngokuba akukho dlelo lemihlambi yezinceku zakho, lokhu indlala inzima ezweni laseKhanani; ngalokho izinceku zakho mazakhe ezweni laseGosheni.”