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Genesis 42:1-6

1NowJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290sawH7200thattherewasgrainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,andJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidH559untohissonsלְבָנָ֔יוle.va.NavH1121,Whyלָ֖מָּהLa.mahH4100doyelookH7200oneuponanother?

2AndhesaidH559,Behold,IhaveheardH8085thatthereisgrainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: getyoudownרְדוּ־re.du-H3381thither,andbuyוְשִׁבְרוּ־ve.shiv.ru-H7666forusfromthence;thatwemayliveוְנִחְיֶ֖הve.nich.YehH2421,andnotdieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

3AndJoseph’stenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235brethrenwentH3381downוַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7666grainבָּ֖רbarH1250fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

4ButBenjaminבִּנְיָמִין֙bin.ya.MinH1144,Joseph’sbrotherH251,Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290sentH7971notwithhisbrethren;forhesaidH559,Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435peradventureharmאָסֽוֹן׃'a.SonH611befallhim.

5Andthesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameH935tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֖רlish.BorH7666amongthosethatcameH935:forthefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458wasH1961inthelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

6AndJosephH3130wasthegovernoroverthelandH776;heitwasthatsoldH7666toallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandH776.AndJoseph’sbrethrencameH935,andbowedH7812downוַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vai.yish.ta.cha.vu-H7812themselvestohimwiththeirfacesאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639totheearthH776.

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