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Genesis 44:21-26

21And thou saidstוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559unto thy servantsעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,Bring him downהוֹרִדֻ֖הוּho.ri.Du.huH3381unto me, that I may setוְאָשִׂ֥ימָהve.'a.Si.mahH7760mine eyesעֵינִ֖י'ei.NiH5869upon him.

22And we saidוַנֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.No.merH559unto my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113,The ladהַנַּ֖עַרha.Na.'arH5288cannotיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201leaveלַעֲזֹ֣בla.'a.ZoH5800his fatherאָבִ֑יו'a.VivH1: for ifhe should leaveוְעָזַ֥בve.'a.ZavH5800his fatherאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1, his fatherwould dieוָמֵֽת׃va.MetH4191.

23And thou saidstוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559unto thy servantsעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,ExceptH3808your youngestהַקָּטֹ֖ןha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֥ם'a.chi.KhemH251come downיֵרֵ֛דye.RedH3381with you, ye shall seeלִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otH7200my faceפָּנָֽי׃pa.NaiH6440no moreתֹסִפ֖וּןto.si.FunH3254.

24And it came to pass when we came upעָלִ֔ינוּ'a.Li.nuH5927unto thy servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650my fatherאָבִ֑י'a.ViH1,we toldוַנַּ֨גֶּד־va.Na.ged-H5046him the wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of my lordאֲדֹנִֽי׃'a.do.NiH113.

25And our fatherאָבִ֑ינוּ'a.Vi.nuH1saidוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Go againשֻׁ֖בוּShu.vuH7725, andbuyשִׁבְרוּ־shiv.ru-H7666us a littleמְעַט־me.'at-H4592foodאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.

26And we saidוַנֹּ֕אמֶרva.No.merH559,We cannotנוּכַ֖לnu.KhalH3201go downלָרֶ֑דֶתla.Re.detH3381:if our youngestהַקָּטֹ֤ןha.ka.TonH6996brotherאָחִ֨ינוּ'a.Chi.nuH251beיֵשׁ֩yeshH3426with us, then will we go downוְיָרַ֔דְנוּve.ya.Rad.nuH3381:for we mayנוּכַ֗לnu.KhalH3201not seeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200the man’sהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440,exceptאֵינֶ֥נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369our youngestהַקָּטֹ֖ןha.ka.TonH6996brotherוְאָחִ֥ינוּve.'a.Chi.nuH251be with us.

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