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Genesis 43:27-29

27And he askedוַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvai.yish.'AlH7592them of theirwelfareלְשָׁל֔וֹםle.sha.LomH7965,and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Isyour fatherאֲבִיכֶ֥ם'a.vi.KhemH1wellהֲשָׁל֛וֹםha.sha.LomH7965,the old manהַזָּקֵ֖ןha.za.KenH2205of whom ye spakeאֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם'a.mar.TemH559? Ishe yet aliveחָֽי׃ChaiH2416?

28And they answeredוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Thy servantלְעַבְדְּךָ֥le.'av.de.KhaH5650our fatherלְאָבִ֖ינוּle.'a.Vi.nuH1isin good healthשָׁל֛וֹםsha.LomH7965, he isyet aliveחָ֑יChaiH2416.And they bowed down their headsוַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvai.yi.ke.DuH6915,and made obeisanceוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃vai.yish.ta.chuH7812.

29And he lifted upוַיִּשָּׂ֣אvai.yi.Sa'H5375his eyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,and sawוַיַּ֞רְאvai.Yar'H7200his brotherאָחִיו֮'a.ChivH251Benjaminבִּנְיָמִ֣יןbin.ya.MinH1144,his mother’sאִמּוֹ֒'i.MoH517sonבֶּן־ben-H1121,and saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Isthis your youngerהַקָּטֹ֔ןha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251,of whom ye spakeאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם'a.mar.TemH559unto me? And he saidוַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.MarH559,Godאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430be graciousיָחְנְךָ֖ya.che.ne.KhaH2603unto thee, my sonבְּנִֽי׃be.NiH1121.

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