New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 47:16-18

16Then Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Giveהָב֣וּha.VuH3051up your livestockמִקְנֵיכֶ֔םmik.nei.KhemH4735,and I will giveוְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.NahH5414you foodfor your livestockבְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑םbe.mik.nei.KhemH4735,sinceאִם־'im-H518yourmoneyכָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefH3701is goneאָפֵ֖ס'a.FesH656.”

17So they broughtוַיָּבִ֣יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935their livestockH4735to Josephיוֹסֵף֒yo.SefH3130,and Josephיוֹסֵ֨ףyo.SefH3130gaveוַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.TenH5414themfoodלֶ֜חֶםLe.chemH3899in exchange for the horsesבַּסּוּסִ֗יםba.su.SimH5483and theflocksהַצֹּ֛אןha.TzonH6629and the herdsהַבָּקָ֖רha.ba.KarH1241and the donkeysוּבַחֲמֹרִ֑יםu.va.cha.mo.RimH2543; and hefedוַיְנַהֲלֵ֤םvay.na.ha.LemH5095them withfoodבַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ba.Le.chemH3899in exchange for allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605their livestockH4735that yearבַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.NahH8141.

18When that yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141was endedH8552,they cameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to him thenextהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.NitH8145yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141and saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, “We will not hideנְכַחֵ֣דne.kha.ChedH3582from my lordמֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יme.'a.do.NiH113that our moneyהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701is allH8552spentH8552, and thecattleוּמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖הu.mik.Neh ha.be.he.MahH4735 H929are my lord’sאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113.There is nothingH3808leftנִשְׁאַר֙nish.'ArH7604for my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113exceptבִּלְתִּ֥יbil.TiH1115 H518our bodiesגְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּge.vi.ya.Te.nuH1472and our landsוְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127.

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