Genesis 42
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Genesis 42:21-22

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- kenH5921H3651thisH2088distressהַצָּרָ֖הha.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.NehH1571H2009comesH1875the reckoningH1875for his bloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818.”
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