Makaphile uRubeni, angafi; amadoda akhe abe ngumumo omkhulu.

ULeya wakhulelwa , wazala indodana , waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uRubeni, ngokuba wathi : UJehova ubonile ukuhlupheka kwami ; manje umyeni wami uyakungithanda.

Ngesikhathi sokuvuna ukolweni uRubeni waya wafumana amamandragora endle, wawayisa kunina uL eya. URaheli wayesethi kuLeya : Ake ungiphe amamandragora endodana yakho.

Kwathi u -Israyeli esehlala kulelo zwe , uRubeni waya walala noBiliha isancinza sikayise; u-Israyeli wakuzwa lokho. Amadodana kaJakobe nokufa kuka-Isaka Amadodana kaJakobe ayeyishumi nambili.

URubeni wakuzwa, wamophula esandleni sabo ngokuthi: Asingambulali.

URubeni wathi kubo : Ningachithi gazi ; mphonseni kulo mgodi osehlane , ningabeki isandla kuye, ukuba amophule esandleni sabo, ambuyisele kuyise.

URubeni wabuyela emgodini ; bheka, uJosefa wayengasekho emgodini ; waklebhula izingubo zakhe.

URubeni wabaphendula w athi: Angikhulumanga yini kini ukuthi : Ningamoni umfana, kanangilalela, na? Bhekani, ngalokho seliyabizwa igazi lakhe.

Wayesekhuluma uRubeni kuyise, ethi: Bulala amadodana ami omabili, uma ngingambuyiseli kuwe; mnikele esandleni sami, ngizakumbuyisela kuwe.

Ngasemkhawulweni wakwa -Efrayimi, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuze kube sohlangothini lwasentshonalanga , uRubeni uyakuba nesabelo.

URubeni, izibulo lika -Israyeli: amadodana kaRubeni : kwaHanoki: ngumndeni wakwaHanoki; kwaPhalu: ngumndeni wakwaPhalu;