Genesis 42
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Genesis 42:6-7

6Now Josephוְיוֹסֵ֗ףve.yo.SefH3130wasה֚וּאhu'H1931the rulerהַשַּׁלִּ֣יטha.sha.LitH7989ofעַל־'al-H5921the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776; he was the onewhoה֥וּאhu'H1931sold grainהַמַּשְׁבִּ֖ירha.mash.BirH7666to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605itsהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971.So whenיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130hisbrothersאֲחֵ֣י'a.CheiH251arrivedוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935,they bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vai.yish.ta.cha.vu-H7812before himwith their facesאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.
7And when Josephיוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefH3130אֶת־'et-H853sawוַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'H7200his brothersאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251,he recognized themוַיַּכִּרֵ֑םvai.ya.ki.RemH5234,but he treated them as strangersוַיִּתְנַכֵּ֨ר אֲלֵיהֶ֜םvai.yit.na.Ker 'a.lei.HemH5234H413and spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֧רvay.da.BerH1696harshlyקָשׁ֗וֹתka.ShotH7186to themאִתָּ֣ם'i.TamH854. “Whereמֵאַ֣יִןme.'A.yinH370have you come fromבָּאתֶ֔םba.TemH935?”he askedוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙vai.Yo.mer 'a.le.HemH559H413. “From the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֖עַןke.Na.'anH3667,”they repliedוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559. “We are hereto buyלִשְׁבָּר־lish.bor-H7666foodאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.”
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