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Genesis 47:23-26

23Then Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toאֶל־'el-H413the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, “Now thatהֵן֩henH2005I have acquiredקָנִ֨יתִיka.Ni.tiH7069אֶתְכֶ֥ם'et.KhemH853you and your landאַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם'ad.mat.KhemH127for Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֑הle.far.'OhH6547this dayהַיּ֛וֹםhai.YomH3117וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853,hereהֵֽא־he'-H1887is seedזֶ֔רַעZe.ra'H2233for youto sowוּזְרַעְתֶּ֖םu.ze.ra'.TemH2232אֶת־'et-H853in the landהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127.

24וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.YahH1961At harvest timeבַּתְּבוּאֹ֔תba.te.vu.'OtH8393,you are to giveוּנְתַתֶּ֥םu.ne.ta.TemH5414a fifthחֲמִישִׁ֖יתcha.mi.ShitH2549of it to Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֑הle.far.'OhH6547,and four-fifthsוְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡תve.'ar.Ba' hai.ya.DotH702 H3027will beיִהְיֶ֣הyih.YehH1961yoursas seedלְזֶ֨רַעle.Ze.ra'H2233for the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֧הha.sa.DehH7704and food for yourselvesוּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛םu.le.'a.khe.le.KhemH400וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥רve.la.'a.SherH834and your householdsבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֖ם וְלֶאֱכֹ֥לbe.va.tei.Khem ve.le.'e.KholH1004 H398and childrenלְטַפְּכֶֽם׃le.ta.pe.KhemH2945.”

25“You have saved our livesהֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּhe.che.yi.Ta.nuH2421,”they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559. “We have foundנִמְצָא־nim.tza'-H4672favorחֵן֙chenH2580in our lord’sאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113eyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869,and we will beוְהָיִ֥ינוּve.ha.Yi.nuH1961Pharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547servantsעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650.”

26So Josephיוֹסֵ֡ףyo.SefH3130establishedוַיָּ֣שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760אֹתָ֣הּ'o.TahH853a lawלְחֹק֩le.ChokH2706that a fifthלַחֹ֑מֶשׁla.Cho.meshH2569of the produce belongs to Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547,and it is in effectעַד־'ad-H5704inעַל־'al-H5921the landאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH127of Egyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714to thisהַזֶּ֜הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117.Onlyרַ֞קrakH7535the priestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔םha.ko.ha.Nim le.va.DamH3548 H905’landאַדְמַ֤ת'ad.MatH127does notלֹ֥אlo'H3808belong toהָיְתָ֖הha.ye.TahH1961Pharaohלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

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