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Genesis 47:16-18

16And Josephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Giveהָב֣וּha.VuH3051your cattleמִקְנֵיכֶ֔םmik.nei.KhemH4735;and I will giveוְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.NahH5414you for your cattleבְּמִקְנֵיכֶ֑םbe.mik.nei.KhemH4735,if moneyכָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefH3701failאָפֵ֖ס'a.FesH656.

17And they broughtוַיָּבִ֣יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935their cattleH4735unto Josephיוֹסֵף֒yo.SefH3130:and Josephיוֹסֵ֨ףyo.SefH3130gaveוַיִּתֵּ֣ןvai.yi.TenH5414them breadלֶ֜חֶםLe.chemH3899in exchangefor horsesבַּסּוּסִ֗יםba.su.SimH5483,and for the flocksהַצֹּ֛אןha.TzonH6629,and for the cattleH4735of the herdsהַבָּקָ֖רha.ba.KarH1241,and for the donkeysוּבַחֲמֹרִ֑יםu.va.cha.mo.RimH2543:and he fedוַיְנַהֲלֵ֤םvay.na.ha.LemH5095them with breadבַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ba.Le.chemH3899for all their cattleH4735for that yearבַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.NahH8141.

18When that yearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141was endedוַתִּתֹּם֮va.ti.TomH8552,they cameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935unto him the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.NitH8145yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141,and saidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto him, We will not hideנְכַחֵ֣דne.kha.ChedH3582itfrom my lordמֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יme.'a.do.NiH113,how that our moneyהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701is spentתַּ֣םtamH8552;my lordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113also hathH413our herdsוּמִקְנֵ֥הu.mik.NehH4735of cattleהַבְּהֵמָ֖הha.be.he.MahH929;there is not ought leftנִשְׁאַר֙nish.'ArH7604in the sightלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440of my lordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113,but our bodiesגְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּge.vi.ya.Te.nuH1472,and our landsוְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127:

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