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Exodus 1:5-7

5Allכָּל־kol-H3605the peopleנֶ֛פֶשׁNe.feshH5315who descendedיֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ־yo.tze.'Ei ye.rekh-H3318 H3409from Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290wereseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657peopleנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315,but Josephוְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.SefH3130was alreadyin Egyptבְמִצְרָֽיִם׃ve.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

6AndJosephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130diedוַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motH4191,and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605his brothersאֶחָ֔יו'e.ChavH251and allוְכֹ֖לve.KholH3605that generationהַדּ֥וֹרha.DorH1755.

7But the sonsוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478wereH6509fruitfulפָּר֧וּpa.RuH6509andincreasedH8317greatlyH8317,and multipliedוַיִּרְבּ֥וּvai.yir.BuH7235,and becameH6105exceedinglyH3966mightyוַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּvai.ya.'atz.MuH6105,so that the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776was filledוַתִּמָּלֵ֥אva.ti.ma.Le'H4390with them.

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