New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 42:18-25

18Now Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, “Doעֲשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213thisH2088and liveוִֽחְי֑וּvich.YuH2421, forI fearH3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:

19ifאִם־'im-H518you are honestH3653menH3653,let oneאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259of your brothersאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251be confinedיֵאָסֵ֖רye.'a.SerH631inyour prisonבְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑םbe.Veit mish.mar.KhemH1004 H4929; but as for the rest ofyou, goלְכ֣וּle.KhuH1980,carryהָבִ֔יאוּha.Vi.'uH935grainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668for the famineרַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.VonH7459of your householdsבָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ba.tei.KhemH1004,

20andbringתָּבִ֣יאוּta.Vi.'uH935your youngestהַקָּטֹן֙ha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֤ם'a.chi.KhemH251to me, so your wordsדִבְרֵיכֶ֖םdiv.rei.KhemH1697may be verifiedוְיֵאָמְנ֥וּve.ye.'a.me.NuH539,and you will not dieתָמ֑וּתוּta.Mu.tuH4191.”And they didוַיַּעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵֽן׃KhenH3651.

21Then they saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376anotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251, “Trulyאֲבָל֮'a.ValH61we are guiltyאֲשֵׁמִ֣ים׀'a.she.MimH818concerningעַל־'al-H5921our brotherאָחִינוּ֒'a.chi.NuH251,becauseאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834we sawרָאִ֜ינוּra.'I.nuH7200the distressצָרַ֥תtza.RatH6869of his soulנַפְשׁ֛וֹnaf.ShoH5315when he pleadedבְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹbe.hit.cha.NoH2603with us, yet we would not listenשָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuH8085;thereforeעַל־ כֵּן֙'al- kenH5921 H3651thisH2088distressהַצָּרָ֖הha.tza.RahH6869has comeבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935upon us.”

22Reubenרְאוּבֵ֨ןre.'u.VenH7205answeredוַיַּעַן֩vai.ya.'AnH6030them, sayingH559, “Did I not tellH559you, ‘Do not sinתֶּחֶטְא֥וּte.chet.'UH2398against the boyבַיֶּ֖לֶדvai.Ye.ledH3206’;and you would not listenשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085?Nowוְגַם־ הִנֵּ֥הve.gam- hi.NehH1571 H2009comesH1875the reckoningH1875for his bloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818.”

23They did not knowיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045,however, that Josephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130understoodשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085,for there was an interpreterH3917betweenבֵּינֹתָֽם׃bei.no.TamH996them.

24He turnedH5437awayוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437from them andweptוַיֵּ֑בְךְּvai.Ye.vekH1058.But when he returnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to them and spokeוַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.BerH1696to them, hetookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947Simeonשִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onH8095from them and boundוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥רvai.ye.'e.SorH631him before their eyesלְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.HemH5869.

25Then Josephיוֹסֵ֗ףyo.SefH3130gaveH6680ordersH6680to fillוַיְמַלְא֣וּvay.mal.'UH4390their bagsכְּלֵיהֶם֮ke.lei.HemH3627with grainבָּר֒barH1250and to restoreוּלְהָשִׁ֤יבu.le.ha.ShivH7725everyH376man’sH376moneyכַּסְפֵּיהֶם֙kas.pei.HemH3701in his sackשַׂקּ֔וֹsa.KoH8242,and to giveוְלָתֵ֥תve.la.TetH5414them provisionsצֵדָ֖הtze.DahH6720for the journeyלַדָּ֑רֶךְla.Da.rekhH1870.And thusכֵּֽן׃KenH3651it was doneוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213for them.

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