Genesis 43
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Genesis 43:16-18

16When Josephיוֹסֵ֣ףyo.SefH3130sawוַיַּ֨רְאvai.Yar'H7200Benjaminבִּנְיָמִין֒bin.ya.MinH1144with them, he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559to hishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004stewardלַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־la.'a.Sher 'al-H834H5921, “Bringהָבֵ֥אha.Ve'H935the menH376into the houseהַבָּ֑יְתָהha.Ba.ye.tahH1004,and slayוּטְבֹ֤חַu.te.Vo.achH2873an animalטֶ֙בַח֙te.vachH2874and makeH3559readyH3559;for the menH376are to dineיֹאכְל֥וּyo.khe.LuH398with me at noonבַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃Ba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672.”
17So the manהָאִ֔ישׁha.'IshH376didוַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213as Josephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130saidאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559, andbroughtוַיָּבֵ֥אvai.ya.Ve'H935the menהָאִ֛ישׁha.'IshH376to Joseph’sיוֹסֵֽף׃yo.SefH3130houseבֵּ֥יתָהBei.tahH1004.
18Now the menH376were afraidוַיִּֽירְא֣וּvai.yi.re.'UH3372,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588they were broughtהֽוּבְאוּ֮hu.ve.'UH935to Joseph’sיוֹסֵף֒yo.SefH3130houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004;and they saidוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “It isbecauseדְּבַ֤רde.VarH5921H1697of the moneyהַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ha.Ke.sefH3701that was returnedהַשָּׁ֤בha.ShavH7725in our sacksבְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.'am.te.cho.Tei.nuH572the firstH8462timeH8462that we are being broughtמֽוּבָאִ֑יםmu.va.'ImH935in, that he mayseekH1556occasionH1556againstH5921us and fallוּלְהִתְנַפֵּ֣לu.le.hit.na.PelH5307upon us, and takeוְלָקַ֧חַתve.la.Ka.chatH3947us for slavesלַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.DimH5650with our donkeysחֲמֹרֵֽינוּ׃cha.mo.Rei.nuH2543.”
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