24 UJosefa wathi esezakufa watshela abafowabo wathi: “Mina sengisifa, kodwa uNkulunkulu kasoze ayekele ukulincedisa.+ Loba sekutheni uzalikhipha elizweni leli, alise elizweni afunga ukuthi uzalipha u-Abrahama lo-Isaka loJakhobe.”+ 25 UJosefa wasefungisa amadodana ka-Israyeli wathi: “UNkulunkulu kasoze ayekele ukulincedisa. Amathambo ami kumele lisuke lawo lapha.”+

32 Amathambo kaJosefa+ ababesuke lawo eGibhithe angcwatshwa eShekhemu endaweni eyayithengwe nguJakhobe emadodaneni kaHamori,+ uyise kaShekhemu. Indawo le wayithenga ngezinhlamvu zemali ezingu-100+ njalo yaba lilifa lamadodana kaJosefa.+

22 Ngokholo uJosefa wathi esezakufa wakhuluma ngokusuka kwama-Israyeli eGibhithe, walayezela ukuthi kwenziweni ngamathambo akhe.*+