Genesis 43
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Genesis 43:25-32

25SinceH3588 the brothers had been toldH8085 thatH3588 they were going to eatH398 a mealH3899 thereH8033, they preparedH3559 their giftH4503 forH5704 Joseph’sH3130 arrivalH935 at noonH6672. 26When JosephH3130 cameH935 homeH1004, they presentedH935 himH853 with the giftsH4503 they had broughtH3027H1004, and they bowedH7812 to the ground before himH776.

27He askedH7592 if they were wellH7965, and then he askedH559, “How is your elderlyH7965H2205 fatherH1 you toldH559 me about? Is he stillH5750 aliveH2416?”

28“Your servantH5650 our fatherH1 is wellH7965,” they answeredH559. “He is stillH5750 aliveH2416.” And they bowed downH6915 to honor himH7812.

29When Joseph looked upH5375H5869 and sawH7200 his brotherH251 BenjaminH1144, his own mother’sH517 sonH1121, he askedH559, “Is thisH2088 your youngestH6996 brotherH251, the oneH834 you told me aboutH559H413?” Then he declaredH559, “May GodH430 be gracious to youH2603, my sonH1121.”

30JosephH3130 hurriedH4116 out becauseH3588 he was movedH3648H7356 to tearsH1245H1058 forH413 his brotherH251, and he wentH935 to a private roomH2315 to weepH1058H8033. 31Then he washedH7364 his faceH6440 and came back outH3318. Regaining his composureH662, he saidH559, “ServeH7760 the mealH3899.”

32They separately servedH7760 JosephH905, his brothers, and the EgyptiansH4713. They ateH398 separatelyH905 becauseH3588 the EgyptiansH4713 wouldH3201 notH3808 eatH398H3899 withH854 the HebrewsH5680, sinceH3588 thatH1931 was detestableH8441 to themH4713.

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