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Genesis 39:1-7

1AndJosephוְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.SefH3130was broughtdownהוּרַ֣דhu.RadH3381toEgyptמִצְרָ֑יְמָהmitz.Ra.ye.mahH4714; andPotipharפּוֹטִיפַר֩po.ti.FarH6318, anofficerסְרִ֨יסse.RisH5631ofPharaohפַּרְעֹ֜הpar.'OhH6547,captainשַׂ֤רsarH8269of theguardהַטַּבָּחִים֙ha.ta.ba.ChimH2876, anEgyptianאִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י'ish mitz.RiH376 H4713,boughtוַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּvai.yik.Ne.huH7069him of thehandsמִיַּד֙mi.YadH3027of theIshmaelitesהַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔יםhai.yish.me.'e.LimH3459, who had brought himdownהוֹרִדֻ֖הוּho.ri.Du.huH3381there.

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.wehH3068made all that hedidעֹשֶׂ֔ה'o.SehH6213toprosperמַצְלִ֥יחַmatz.Li.achH6743in hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

4AndJosephיוֹסֵ֥ףyo.SefH3130foundוַיִּמְצָ֨אvai.yim.Tza'H4672graceחֵ֛ןchenH2580in hissightבְּעֵינָ֖יוbe.'ei.NavH5869, and heservedוַיְשָׁ֣רֶתvay.Sha.retH8334him: and he made himoverseerוַיַּפְקִדֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yaf.ki.De.huH6485over hishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, and all that hehadיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426heputנָתַ֥ןna.TanH5414into hishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

5And it came to pass from thetimeמֵאָז֩me.'AzH227that he had made himoverseerהִפְקִ֨ידhif.KidH6485in hishouseבְּבֵית֗וֹbe.vei.ToH1004, and over all that hehadיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426, that theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068blessedוַיְבָ֧רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288theEgyptian’sהַמִּצְרִ֖יha.mitz.RiH4713houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004forJoseph’sיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130sakeבִּגְלַ֣לbig.LalH1558; and theblessingבִּרְכַּ֤תbir.KatH1293of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068was on all that hehadיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426in thehouseבַּבַּ֖יִתba.Ba.yitH1004, and in thefieldוּבַשָּׂדֶֽה׃u.va.sa.DehH7704.

6And heleftוַיַּעֲזֹ֣בvai.ya.'a.ZoH5800all that he had inJoseph’sיוֹסֵף֒yo.SefH3130handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027; and he did notconcernיָדַ֤עya.Da'H3045himself with anythingמְא֔וּמָהme.'U.mahH3972he had,exceptאִם־'im-H518thebreadהַלֶּ֖חֶםha.Le.chemH3899which heateאוֹכֵ֑ל'o.KhelH398. AndJosephיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130was ahandsomeתֹ֖אַרTo.'arH8389person, andwellH3303favouredמַרְאֶֽה׃mar.'EhH4758.

7And it came to passafterאַחַר֙'a.CharH310thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, that hismaster’sאֲדֹנָ֛יו'a.do.NavH113wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802castוַתִּשָּׂ֧אva.ti.Sa'H5375hereyesעֵינֶ֖יהָ'ei.Nei.haH5869uponJosephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130; and shesaidוַתֹּ֖אמֶרva.To.merH559,Lieשִׁכְבָ֥הshikh.VahH7901with me.

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