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Genesis 47:18-20

18When that yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141was endedוַתִּתֹּם֮va.ti.TomH8552,they cameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935unto him the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.NitH8145yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141,and saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto him, We will not hideנְכַחֵ֣דne.kha.ChedH3582itfrom my lordמֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יme.'a.do.NiH113,how that our moneyהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701is spentתַּ֣םtamH8552;my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113also hathH413our herdsוּמִקְנֵ֥הu.mik.NehH4735of cattleהַבְּהֵמָ֖הha.be.he.MahH929;there is not ought leftנִשְׁאַר֙nish.'ArH7604in the sightלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440of my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113,but our bodiesגְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּge.vi.ya.Te.nuH1472,and our landsוְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127:

19Wherefore shall we dieנָמ֣וּתna.MutH4191before thine eyesלְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,both we and our landאַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127?buyקְנֵֽה־ke.neh-H7069us and our landאַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127for breadבַּלָּ֑חֶםba.La.chemH3899,and we and our landוְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127will be servantsעֲבָדִ֣ים'a.va.DimH5650unto Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547:and giveוְתֶן־ve.ten-H5414usseedזֶ֗רַעZe.ra'H2233,that we may liveוְנִֽחְיֶה֙ve.nich.YehH2421,and not dieנָמ֔וּתna.MutH4191,that the landוְהָאֲדָמָ֖הve.ha.'a.da.MahH127be not desolateתֵשָֽׁם׃te.ShamH3456.

20And Josephיוֹסֵ֜ףyo.SefH3130boughtוַיִּ֨קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069all the landאַדְמַ֤ת'ad.MatH127of Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714for Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547;for the EgyptiansH4714soldמָכְר֤וּma.khe.RuH4376every manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376his fieldשָׂדֵ֔הוּsa.De.huH7704,because the famineהָרָעָ֑בha.ra.'AvH7458prevailedחָזַ֥קcha.ZakH2388over them: so the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776became Pharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

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