Revised Version 1895

Genesis 39:1-7

1AndJosephוְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.SefH3130wasbroughtH3381downהוּרַ֣דhu.RadH3381toEgyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714; andPotipharפּוֹטִיפַר֩po.ti.FarH6318, anofficerסְרִ֨יסse.RisH5631ofPharaoh’sפַּרְעֹ֜הpar.'OhH6547, thecaptainשַׂ֤רsarH8269of theguardהַטַּבָּחִים֙ha.ta.ba.ChimH2876, anEgyptianמִצְרִ֔יmitz.RiH4713,boughtוַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּvai.yik.Ne.huH7069him of thehandמִיַּד֙mi.YadH3027of theIshmaelitesהַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםhai.yish.me.'e.LimH3459,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hadbroughtH3381himdownהוֹרִדֻ֖הוּho.ri.Du.huH3381thither.

2And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was withJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130, and he was aprosperousמַצְלִ֑יחַmatz.Li.achH6743manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376; and he was in thehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004of hismasterאֲדֹנָ֖יו'a.do.NavH113theEgyptianהַמִּצְרִֽי׃ha.mitz.RiH4713.

3And hismasterאֲדֹנָ֔יו'a.do.NavH113sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was with him, and that theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068madeH6213allוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605that hedidH6213toprosperמַצְלִ֥יחַmatz.Li.achH6743in hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

4AndJosephיוֹסֵ֥ףyo.SefH3130foundוַיִּמְצָ֨אvai.yim.Tza'H4672graceחֵ֛ןchenH2580in hissightבְּעֵינָ֖יוbe.'ei.NavH5869, and heministeredוַיְשָׁ֣רֶתvay.Sha.retH8334unto him: and hemadeH5414himoverseerוַיַּפְקִדֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yaf.ki.De.huH6485over hishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605that he had heputH5414intoעַל־'al-H5921hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

5And itcameוַיְהִ֡יvay.HiH1961topassוַיְהִ֞יvay.HiH1961from the time that hemadeH6485himoverseerH6485in hishouseבְּבֵית֗וֹbe.vei.ToH1004, and overallכָּל־kol-H3605that he had, that theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068blessedוַיְבָ֧רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288theEgyptian’sהַמִּצְרִ֖יha.mitz.RiH4713houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004forJoseph’sיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130sakeH5921; and theblessingבִּרְכַּ֤תbir.KatH1293of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068wasuponH5921allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605that he had, in thehouseבַּבַּ֖יִתba.Ba.yitH1004and in thefieldוּבַשָּׂדֶֽה׃u.va.sa.DehH7704.

6And heleftוַיַּעֲזֹ֣בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800allכָּל־kol-H3605that he had inJoseph’sיוֹסֵף֒yo.SefH3130handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027; and heknewH3045notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808aught that was with him, save thebreadהַלֶּ֖חֶםha.Le.chemH3899whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hedidאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834eatאוֹכֵ֑ל'o.KhelH398. AndJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130was comely, andwellH3045favoured.

7And itcameH1961topassH1961afterאַחַר֙'a.CharH310theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.lehH428things, that hismaster’sאֲדֹנָ֛יו'a.do.NavH113wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802castherH413eyesעֵינֶ֖יהָ'ei.Nei.haH5869uponH1961Josephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130; andsheH7901saidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559,Lieשִׁכְבָ֥הshikh.VahH7901withmeH413.

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