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Genesis 42:9-14

9Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130אֵ֚ת'etH853rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּ֣רvai.yiz.KorH2142his dreamsהַחֲלֹמ֔וֹתha.cha.lo.MotH2472אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834חָלַ֖םcha.LamH2492about themand saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙vai.Yo.mer 'a.le.HemH559 H413, “Youאַתֶּ֔ם'a.TemH859are spiesמְרַגְּלִ֣יםme.ra.ge.LimH7270!You have comeבָּאתֶֽם׃ba.TemH935to seeלִרְא֛וֹתlir.'otH7200אֶת־'et-H853if our landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776isvulnerableעֶרְוַ֥ת'er.VatH6172.”

10“Not soלֹ֣אlo'H3808,my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113,”they repliedוַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יוvai.yo.me.Ru 'e.LavH559 H413. “Your servantsוַעֲבָדֶ֥יךָva.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650have comeבָּ֖אוּBa.'uH935to buyלִשְׁבָּר־lish.bor-H7666foodאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.

11Weנָ֑חְנוּNa.che.nuH5168are allכֻּלָּ֕נוּku.La.nuH3605sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259manאִישׁ־'ish-H376.Your servantsאֲנַ֔חְנוּ עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ'a.Nach.nu 'a.va.Dei.khaH5650 H587areהָי֥וּha.YuH1961honestכֵּנִ֣יםke.NimH3651men,notלֹא־lo'-H3808spiesמְרַגְּלִֽים׃me.ra.ge.LimH7270.”

12“Noלֹ֕א כִּֽי־lo' ki-H3808 H3588,”he toldוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559themאֲלֵהֶ֑ם'a.le.HemH413. “You have comeבָּאתֶ֥םba.TemH935to seeלִרְאֽוֹת׃lir.'otH7200if our landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776isvulnerableעֶרְוַ֥ת'er.VatH6172.”

13But they answeredוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “Your servantsעֲבָדֶ֨יךָ אֲנַ֛חְנוּ'a.va.Dei.kha 'a.Nach.nuH5650 H587are twelveשְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂר֩she.Neim 'a.SarH8147 H6240brothersאַחִ֧ים׀'a.ChimH251,the sonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259manאִישׁ־'ish-H376in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַן וְהִנֵּ֨הke.Na.'an ve.hi.NehH3667 H2009.The youngestהַקָּטֹ֤ןha.ka.TonH6996is nowהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117withאֶת־'et-H854our fatherאָבִ֙ינוּ֙'a.Vi.nuH1,and oneוְהָאֶחָ֖דve.ha.'e.ChadH259is no moreאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃'ei.Ne.nuH369.”

14Then Josephיוֹסֵ֑ף ה֗וּאyo.Sef Hu'H3130 H1931אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834declaredוַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖םvai.Yo.mer 'a.le.HemH559 H413, “Just as I saidדִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֲלֵכֶ֛ם לֵאמֹ֖רdi.Bar.ti 'a.le.Khem le.MorH1696 H413 H559,youאַתֶּֽם׃'a.TemH859are spiesמְרַגְּלִ֥יםme.ra.ge.LimH7270!

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