Genesis 42
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Genesis 42:6-7

6NowJosephוְיוֹסֵ֗ףve.yo.SefH3130was the rulerהַשַּׁלִּ֣יטha.sha.LitH7989overעַל־'al-H5921the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776;he was the one who soldהַמַּשְׁבִּ֖ירha.mash.BirH7666to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.And Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brothersאֲחֵ֣י'a.CheiH251cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935andbowedH7812downוַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vai.yish.ta.cha.vu-H7812to him with theirfacesאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to the groundאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.
7When Josephיוֹסֵ֛ףyo.SefH3130sawוַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'H7200his brothersאֶחָ֖יו'e.ChavH251he recognizedH5234them, but he disguisedH5235himself to them andspokeוַיְדַבֵּ֧רvay.da.BerH1696to them harshlyקָשׁ֗וֹתka.ShotH7186.And he saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “Whereמֵאַ֣יִןme.'A.yinH370have you comeבָּאתֶ֔םba.TemH935from?” And they saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, “From the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנַ֖עַןke.Na.'anH3667,to buyלִשְׁבָּר־lish.bor-H7666foodאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.”
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