Revised Version 1895

Genesis 42:18-25

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:

20andbringתָּבִ֣יאוּta.Vi.'uH935youryoungestהַקָּטֹן֙ha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֤ם'a.chi.KhemH251untomeאֵלַ֔י'e.LaiH413;soכֵֽן׃KhenH3651shall yourwordsדִבְרֵיכֶ֖םdiv.rei.KhemH1697beverifiedוְיֵאָמְנ֥וּve.ye.'a.me.NuH539, and ye shallnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808dieתָמ֑וּתוּta.Mu.tuH4191. And theydidוַיַּעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213soH3651.

21And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559one toanotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251,WeH587are verilyguiltyאֲשֵׁמִ֣ים׀'a.she.MimH818concerning ourbrotherאָחִינוּ֒'a.chi.NuH251, in thatweH587sawרָאִ֜ינוּra.'I.nuH7200thedistressצָרַ֥תtza.RatH6869of hissoulנַפְשׁ֛וֹnaf.ShoH5315, when he besoughtusH413, andweH587wouldnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808hearשָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuH8085; therefore is thisdistressהַצָּרָ֖הha.tza.RahH6869comeבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935uponH5921usH413.

22AndReubenרְאוּבֵ֨ןre.'u.VenH7205answeredלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559them,sayingאָמַ֨רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559, Spake InotH3808untoyouH3808,sayingלֵאמֹ֛רle.MorH559,Doאַל־'al-H408notH3808sinתֶּחֶטְא֥וּte.chet.'UH2398againstאֲלֵיכֶ֧ם׀'a.lei.KhemH413thechildבַיֶּ֖לֶדvai.Ye.ledH3206; and ye wouldnotH3808hearשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085? therefore also,beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009, hisbloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818isrequiredנִדְרָֽשׁ׃nid.RashH1875.

23And theyknewH3045notלֹ֣אlo'H3808thatJosephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130understoodH3045them; for there was an interpreterbetweenבֵּינֹתָֽם׃bei.no.TamH996them.

24And heturnedH7725himselfH413aboutמֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֖םme.'a.lei.HemH5921from them, andweptוַיֵּ֑בְךְּvai.Ye.vekH1058; and hereturnedוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725to them, and spake to them, andtookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947Simeonשִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onH8095from among them, andboundוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥רvai.ye.'e.SorH631himbeforeH5869theireyesלְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.HemH5869.

25ThenJosephיוֹסֵ֗ףyo.SefH3130commandedוַיְצַ֣וvay.TzavH6680tofillוַיְמַלְא֣וּvay.mal.'UH4390theirvesselsכְּלֵיהֶם֮ke.lei.HemH3627with corn, and torestoreוּלְהָשִׁ֤יבu.le.ha.ShivH7725everyH376man’sH376moneyכַּסְפֵּיהֶם֙kas.pei.HemH3701intoאֶל־'el-H413hissackשַׂקּ֔וֹsa.KoH8242, and togiveוְלָתֵ֥תve.la.TetH5414them provision for thewayלַדָּ֑רֶךְla.Da.rekhH1870: andthusכֵּֽן׃KenH3651was itdoneוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213unto them.

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