³⁰ And Phinehas the priest, and the chiefs of the congregation, and the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with^◦ him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, and it was·​·good in their eyes.

¹¹ Surely, the princes of Zoan are stupid; as to the wise counselors of Pharaoh, their counsel has become brutish. How will you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of the kings of antiquity?