28 Adlula ke loo madoda amaMidiyan,+ awayengabarhwebi. Ngoko ke bamtsala baza bamnyusa uYosefu emhadini wamanzi,+ bamthengisa uYosefu kumaIshmayeli ngamaqhosha esilivere angamashumi amabini.+ Wona ke amsa uYosefu eYiputa.

15  UFaro wayiva le nto, waza walinga ukumbulala uMoses;+ kodwa uMoses wabaleka+ wemka kuFaro waya kuhlala ezweni lakwaMidiyan;+ wafika khona wahlala ngasequleni.

4 Wathi uMowabhi kumadoda amakhulu akwaMidiyan:+ “Ngoku eli bandla liya kusuka likhothe konke nje okusijikelezileyo njengenkomo ikhotha uhlaza lwasendle.”

Ke uBhalaki+ unyana kaTsipore wayengukumkani wakwaMowabhi ngelo xesha.

2 “Baphindezelele+ oonyana bakaSirayeli kumaMidiyan.+ Emva koko wohlanganiselwa ebantwini bakowenu.”+

2 Yaye isandla sikaMidiyan saba namandla phezu koSirayeli.+ Ngenxa kaMidiyan oonyana bakaSirayeli bazenzela iindawo ezingoovimba ngaphantsi komhlaba ezazisezintabeni, nemiqolomba neendawo ekwakunzima ukuzifikelela.+