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Genesis 41:33-37

33NowH6258thereforeוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258letPharaohפַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhH6547lookH7200outamanאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376discreetandwiseוְחָכָ֑םve.cha.KhamH2450,andsetוִישִׁיתֵ֖הוּvi.shi.Te.huH7896himoverthelandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

34LetPharaohפַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhH6547dothis,andlethimappointוְיַפְקֵ֥דve.yaf.KedH6485overseersפְּקִדִ֖יםpe.ki.DimH6496overthelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andtakeupthefifthpartofthelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714inthesevenבְּשֶׁ֖בַעbe.She.va'H7651plenteousyearsשְׁנֵ֥יshe.NeiH8141.

35Andletthemgatherוְיִקְבְּצ֗וּve.yik.be.TzuH6908allthefoodאֹ֙כֶל֙'o.khelH400ofthesegoodהַטֹּבֹ֔תha.to.VotH2896yearsהַשָּׁנִ֣יםha.sha.NimH8141thatcomeH935,andlayupgrainבָ֞רvarH1250underthehandיַד־yad-H3027ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֛הpar.'OhH6547forfoodאֹ֥כֶל'O.khelH400inthecitiesבֶּעָרִ֖יםbe.'a.RimH5892,andletthemkeepוְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃ve.sha.Ma.ruH8104it.

36Andthefoodהָאֹ֤כֶלha.'O.khelH400shallbeH1961forastoretothelandלָאָ֔רֶץla.'A.retzH776againstthesevenלְשֶׁ֙בַע֙le.She.va'H7651yearsשְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeiH8141offamineהָרָעָ֔בha.ra.'AvH7458,whichshallbeH1961inthelandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;thatthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776perishnotthroughthefamineבָּרָעָֽב׃ba.ra.'AvH7458.

37AndthethingH1697wasgoodוַיִּיטַ֥בvai.yi.TavH3190intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofPharaohפַרְעֹ֑הfar.'OhH6547,andintheeyesוּבְעֵינֵ֖יu.ve.'ei.NeiH5869ofallhisservantsעֲבָדָֽיו׃'a.va.DavH5650.

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