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Genesis 42:17-22

17So he putH622them allH622togetherH622inprisonמִשְׁמָ֖רmish.MarH4929for threeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִֽים׃ya.MimH3117.

18Now Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them on the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, “Doעֲשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213thisH2088and liveוִֽחְי֑וּvich.YuH2421, forI fearH3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:

19ifאִם־'im-H518you are honestH3653menH3653,let oneאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259of your brothersאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251be confinedיֵאָסֵ֖רye.'a.SerH631inyour prisonבְּבֵ֣ית מִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑םbe.Veit mish.mar.KhemH1004 H4929; but as for the rest ofyou, goלְכ֣וּle.KhuH1980,carryהָבִ֔יאוּha.Vi.'uH935grainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668for the famineרַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.VonH7459of your householdsבָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ba.tei.KhemH1004,

20andbringתָּבִ֣יאוּta.Vi.'uH935your youngestהַקָּטֹן֙ha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֤ם'a.chi.KhemH251to me, so that your wordsדִבְרֵיכֶ֖םdiv.rei.KhemH1697may be verifiedוְיֵאָמְנ֥וּve.ye.'a.me.NuH539,and you will not dieתָמ֑וּתוּta.Mu.tuH4191.”And they didוַיַּעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soכֵֽן׃KhenH3651.

21Then they saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376anotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251, “Trulyאֲבָל֮'a.ValH61we are guiltyאֲשֵׁמִ֣ים׀'a.she.MimH818concerningH5921our brotherאָחִינוּ֒'a.chi.NuH251,becauseאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834we sawרָאִ֜ינוּra.'I.nuH7200the distressצָרַ֥תtza.RatH6869of his soulנַפְשׁ֛וֹnaf.ShoH5315when he pleadedבְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹbe.hit.cha.NoH2603with us, yet we would not listenשָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuH8085;for thatH3651reasonH3651thisH2088distressהַצָּרָ֖הha.tza.RahH6869has happenedבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935to us.”

22Reubenרְאוּבֵ֨ןre.'u.VenH7205answeredוַיַּעַן֩vai.ya.'AnH6030them, sayingH559, “Did I not tellH559you, ‘Do not sinתֶּחֶטְא֥וּte.chet.'UH2398against the boyבַיֶּ֖לֶדvai.Ye.ledH3206’;and you would not listenשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085?Nowוְגַם־ הִנֵּ֥הve.gam- hi.NehH1571 H2009justice forhis bloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818is requiredנִדְרָֽשׁ׃nid.RashH1875.”

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