New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 42:6-9

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.”

8But Josephיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130had recognizedוַיַּכֵּ֥רvai.ya.KerH5234his brothersאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251, althoughthey did not recognizeהִכִּרֻֽהוּ׃hi.ki.Ru.huH5234him.

9Josephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130rememberedוַיִּזְכֹּ֣רvai.yiz.KorH2142the dreamsהַחֲלֹמ֔וֹתha.cha.lo.MotH2472whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hehadחָלַ֖םcha.LamH2492about them, and saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, “You are spiesמְרַגְּלִ֣יםme.ra.ge.LimH7270;you have comeבָּאתֶֽם׃ba.TemH935to lookלִרְא֛וֹתlir.'otH7200at theundefendedH6172partsH6172of our landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776.”

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