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Genesis 44:7-9

7And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto him, Wherefore saithיְדַבֵּ֣רye.da.BerH1696my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113these wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697?God forbidחָלִ֙ילָה֙cha.Li.lahH2486that thy servantsלַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650should doמֵעֲשׂ֖וֹתme.'a.SotH6213according to this thingכַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.VarH1697:

8Behold, the moneyכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701,which we foundמָצָ֙אנוּ֙ma.Tza.nuH4672in our sacks’אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ'am.te.cho.Tei.nuH572mouthsבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310,we brought againהֱשִׁיבֹ֥נוּhe.shi.Vo.nuH7725unto thee out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667:how then should we stealנִגְנֹב֙nig.NoH1589out of thy lord’sאֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ'a.do.Nei.khaH113houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004silverכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701or goldזָהָֽב׃za.HavH2091?

9With whomsoever of thy servantsמֵעֲבָדֶ֖יךָme.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650it be foundיִמָּצֵ֥אyi.ma.Tze'H4672,both let him dieוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191,and we also will be my lord’sלַֽאדֹנִ֖יla.do.NiH113bondmenלַעֲבָדִֽים׃la.'a.va.DimH5650.

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