Revised Version 1895

Genesis 42:29-38

29And theycameוַיָּבֹ֛אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935untoJacobיַעֲקֹ֥בya.'a.KoH3290theirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֖ם'a.vi.HemH1unto thelandאַ֣רְצָה'Ar.tzahH776ofCanaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667, andtoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046himallכָּל־kol-H3605that had befallen them;sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

30Themanהָאִ֨ישׁha.'IshH376, thelordאֲדֹנֵ֥י'a.do.NeiH113of thelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776, spake roughly withusH5414, andtookH853usH5414forspiesכִּֽמְרַגְּלִ֖יםkim.ra.ge.LimH7270of thecountryהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

31AndweH587saidH559unto him,WeH587aretrueכֵּנִ֣יםke.NimH3651menH559;weH587arenoלֹ֥אlo'H3808spiesמְרַגְּלִֽים׃me.ra.ge.LimH7270:

32weאֲנַ֛חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587betwelveעָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarH6240brethrenאַחִ֖ים'a.ChimH251,sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of ourfatherאָבִ֑ינוּ'a.Vi.nuH1; one isnotאֵינֶ֔נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369, and theyoungestוְהַקָּטֹ֥ןve.ha.ka.TonH6996is thisdayהַיּ֛וֹםhai.YomH3117with ourfatherאָבִ֖ינוּ'a.Vi.nuH1in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

33And themanהָאִישׁ֙ha.'IshH376, thelordאֲדֹנֵ֣י'a.do.NeiH113of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untousH413, Hereby shall Iknowאֵדַ֔ע'e.Da'H3045that ye aretrueכֵנִ֖יםkhe.NimH3651menH376;leaveH3240one of yourbrethrenאֲחִיכֶ֤ם'a.chi.KhemH251withmeH413, andtakeקְח֥וּke.ChuH3947corn for thefamineרַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.VonH7459of yourhousesבָּתֵּיכֶ֖םba.tei.KhemH1004, andgoH3240yourwayבְּזֹ֣אתbe.ZotH2063:

34andbringוְ֠הָבִיאוּVe.ha.vi.'uH935youryoungestהַקָּטֹן֮ha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251untomeאֵלַי֒'e.LaiH413: then shall Iknowוְאֵֽדְעָ֗הve.'e.de.'AhH3045that ye arenoלֹ֤אlo'H3808spiesמְרַגְּלִים֙me.ra.ge.LimH7270, but that ye aretrueH3651men:soH3651will Ideliverאֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenH5414youH859yourbrotherאֲחִיכֶם֙'a.chi.KhemH251, and ye shall traffick in thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

35And itcameH1961topassH1961as they emptied theirsacksשַׂקֵּיהֶ֔םsa.kei.HemH8242, that,beholdוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009,everyH376man’sאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376bundle ofmoneyכַּסְפּ֖וֹkas.PoH3701was in hissackבְּשַׂקּ֑וֹbe.sa.KoH8242: and when they and theirfatherוַאֲבִיהֶ֖םva.'a.vi.HemH1sawוַיִּרְא֞וּvai.yir.'UH7200their bundles ofmoneyכַּסְפֵּיהֶ֛םkas.pei.HemH3701, they wereafraidוַיִּירָֽאוּ׃vai.yi.Ra.'uH3372.

36AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֣בya.'a.KoH3290theirfatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them,MeH413have yebereavedH7921of mychildrenH7921:Josephיוֹסֵ֤ףyo.SefH3130isnotאֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙'ei.Ne.nuH369, andSimeonוְשִׁמְע֣וֹןve.shim.'onH8095isnotאֵינֶ֔נּוּ'ei.Ne.nuH369, and ye willtakeתִּקָּ֔חוּti.Ka.chuH3947Benjaminבִּנְיָמִ֣ןbin.ya.MinH1144awayH3947:allH3605theseH3605things areagainstעָלַ֖י'a.LaiH5921meH413.

37AndReubenרְאוּבֵן֙re.'u.VenH7205spake unto hisfatherאָבִ֣יו'a.VivH1,sayingH559,Slayתָּמִ֔יתta.MitH4191mytwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147sonsבָנַי֙va.NaiH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518Ibringאֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ'a.vi.'E.nuH935himnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808to thee:deliverתְּנָ֤הte.NahH5414himintoH413myhandיָדִ֔יya.DiH3027, and I willbringH935him to theeagainאֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725.

38And hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Mysonבְּנִ֖יbe.NiH1121shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808goיֵרֵ֥דye.RedH3381downH3381withyouH834; for hisbrotherאָחִ֨יו'a.ChivH251isdeadמֵ֜תmetH4191, and heonlyלְבַדּ֣וֹle.va.DoH905isleftנִשְׁאָ֗רnish.'ArH7604:ifכִּֽי־ki-H3588mischiefbefallוּקְרָאָ֤הוּu.ke.ra.'A.huH7122him by thewayבַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ba.De.rekhH1870in thewhichH834yegoוְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧םve.ho.rad.TemH3381, then shall yebringH3381downH3381mygrayשֵׂיבָתִ֛יsei.va.TiH7872hairsH7872withsorrowבְּיָג֖וֹןbe.ya.GonH3015to the grave.

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