Revised Version 1895

Genesis 42:16-19

16Sendשִׁלְח֨וּshil.ChuH7971one ofyouוְאַתֶּם֙ve.'a.TemH859, andletH7971him fetch yourbrotherאֲחִיכֶם֒'a.chi.KhemH251, and ye shall beboundהֵאָ֣סְר֔וּhe.'A.se.RuH631, that yourwordsדִּבְרֵיכֶ֔םdiv.rei.KhemH1697may beprovedוְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙ve.yi.ba.cha.NuH974,whetherוְאִם־ve.'im-H518there betruthהַֽאֱמֶ֖תha.'e.MetH571inyouאַתֶּֽם׃'a.TemH859: orelseלֹ֕אlo'H3808by thelifeחֵ֣יcheiH2416ofPharaohפַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhH6547surelyכִּ֥יkiH3588ye arespiesמְרַגְּלִ֖יםme.ra.ge.LimH7270.

17And heputH622themallH3117togetherH622intoאֶל־'el-H413wardthreeשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִֽים׃ya.MimH3117.

18AndJosephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, Thisdoעֲשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213, andliveוִֽחְי֑וּvich.YuH2421; for IfearH3372Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:

19ifאִם־'im-H518ye betrueH3651men,letH3651one of yourbrethrenאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251beboundיֵאָסֵ֖רye.'a.SerH631in yourprisonH1004houseH1004; butgoH935ye,carryH935corn for thefamineרַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.VonH7459of yourhousesH1004:

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