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Genesis 42:1-6

1Now when Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that there wasיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426foodשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668in Egyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto his sonsלְבָנָ֔יוle.va.NavH1121,Why do ye lookתִּתְרָאֽוּ׃tit.ra.'UH7200one upon another?

2And he saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, I have heardשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085that there isיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426foodשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668in Egyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714:get you downרְדוּ־re.du-H3381thither, and buyוְשִׁבְרוּ־ve.shiv.ru-H7666for us from thence; that we may liveוְנִחְיֶ֖הve.nich.YehH2421,and not dieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

3And Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130tenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235brethrenאֲחֵֽי־'a.chei-H251went downוַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381to buyלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7666grainבָּ֖רbarH1250in Egyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

4But Benjaminבִּנְיָמִין֙bin.ya.MinH1144,Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brotherאֲחִ֣י'a.ChiH251,Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290sentשָׁלַ֥חsha.LachH7971not with his brethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251;for he saidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559,Lest peradventureפֶּן־pen-H6435mischiefאָסֽוֹן׃'a.SonH611befall himיִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּyik.ra.'E.nuH7122.

5And the sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935to buyלִשְׁבֹּ֖רlish.BorH7666grainamongבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432those that cameהַבָּאִ֑יםha.ba.'ImH935:for the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was in the landבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

6And Josephוְיוֹסֵ֗ףve.yo.SefH3130wasthe governorהַשַּׁלִּ֣יטha.sha.LitH7989over the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and he it wasthat soldהַמַּשְׁבִּ֖ירha.mash.BirH7666to all the peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of the landהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776:and Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brethrenאֲחֵ֣י'a.CheiH251cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935,and bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vai.yish.ta.cha.vu-H7812themselves before him withtheir facesאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to the earthאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.

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