New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 47:23-26

23Then Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, “Beholdהֵן֩henH2005,I have todayהַיּ֛וֹםhai.YomH3117boughtקָנִ֨יתִיka.Ni.tiH7069you and your landאַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם'ad.mat.KhemH127for Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֑הle.far.'OhH6547;nowהֵֽא־he'-H1887, hereis seedזֶ֔רַעZe.ra'H2233for you, and you may sowוּזְרַעְתֶּ֖םu.ze.ra'.TemH2232the landהָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.MahH127.

24At the harvestבַּתְּבוּאֹ֔תba.te.vu.'OtH8393you shall giveוּנְתַתֶּ֥םu.ne.ta.TemH5414afifthחֲמִישִׁ֖יתcha.mi.ShitH2549to Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֑הle.far.'OhH6547, andfour-fifthsוְאַרְבַּ֣ע הַיָּדֹ֡תve.'ar.Ba' hai.ya.DotH702 H3027shall be your own for seedלְזֶ֨רַעle.Ze.ra'H2233of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֧הha.sa.DehH7704and for your foodוּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛םu.le.'a.khe.le.KhemH400and for those of your householdsבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֖םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004and as foodוְלֶאֱכֹ֥לve.le.'e.KholH398for your littleלְטַפְּכֶֽם׃le.ta.pe.KhemH2945onesH2945.”

25So they saidוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “You have savedH2421our livesH2421!Let us findנִמְצָא־nim.tza'-H4672favorחֵן֙chenH2580in the sightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113,and we will be Pharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547slavesעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650.”

26Josephיוֹסֵ֡ףyo.SefH3130madeוַיָּ֣שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760it a statuteלְחֹק֩le.ChokH2706concerningעַל־'al-H5921the landאַדְמַ֥ת'ad.MatH127of Egyptמִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714validto thisהַזֶּ֜הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117,that Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547should have the fifthלַחֹ֑מֶשׁla.Cho.meshH2569;onlyH7534the landאַדְמַ֤ת'ad.MatH127of the priestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548did not becomeהָיְתָ֖הha.ye.TahH1961Pharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

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