Revised Version 1895

Genesis 42:1-6

1Nowכִּ֥יkiH3588Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290sawH7200that there was corn inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, andJacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto hissonsלְבָנָ֔יוle.va.NavH1121,Whyלָ֖מָּהLa.mahH4100doH4100yelookH7200oneuponH7200anotherיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426?

2And hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהִנֵּ֣הhi.NehH2009, I haveheardשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085that there is corn inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: getyouH3588downרְדוּ־re.du-H3381thither, andbuyוְשִׁבְרוּ־ve.shiv.ru-H7666forusH3588from thence; thatweH3588mayliveוְנִחְיֶ֖הve.nich.YehH2421, andnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808dieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

3AndJoseph’sיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130tenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235brethrenאֲחֵֽי־'a.chei-H251wentH3381downוַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7666corn fromEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

4ButBenjaminבִּנְיָמִין֙bin.ya.MinH1144,Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brotherאֲחִ֣י'a.ChiH251,Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290sentשָׁלַ֥חsha.LachH7971notלֹא־lo'-H3808with hisbrethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251; for hesaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559,Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435peradventure mischiefbefallיִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּyik.ra.'E.nuH7122him.

5And thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֖רlish.BorH7666amongthoseH1121thatcameהַבָּאִ֑יםha.ba.'ImH935: for thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

6AndJosephוְיוֹסֵ֗ףve.yo.SefH3130was the governor over thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776; he it was thatsoldהַמַּשְׁבִּ֖ירha.mash.BirH7666toallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: andJoseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brethrenאֲחֵ֣י'a.CheiH251cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935, andbowedH7812downוַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־vai.yish.ta.cha.vu-H7812themselvesH7812to him with theirfacesאַפַּ֖יִם'a.Pa.yimH639to theearthאָֽרְצָה׃'A.re.tzahH776.

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