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Genesis 42:1-5

1Now whenJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that therewasיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426grainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to hissonsלְבָנָ֔יוle.va.NavH1121, Why do yelookתִּתְרָאֽוּ׃tit.ra.'UH7200one upon another?

2And hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Behold, I haveheardשָׁמַ֔עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085that thereisיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426grainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668inEgyptבְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimH4714: godownרְדוּ־re.du-H3381there, andbuyוְשִׁבְרוּ־ve.shiv.ru-H7666for us from there; that we mayliveוְנִחְיֶ֖הve.nich.YehH2421, and notdieנָמֽוּת׃na.MutH4191.

3AndJoseph’sיוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefH3130tenעֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.RahH6235brethrenאֲחֵֽי־'a.chei-H251wentdownוַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7666grainבָּ֖רbarH1250inEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

4ButBenjaminבִּנְיָמִין֙bin.ya.MinH1144,Joseph’sיוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefH3130brotherאֲחִ֣י'a.ChiH251,Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290sentשָׁלַ֥חsha.LachH7971not with hisbrethrenאֶחָ֑יו'e.ChavH251; for hesaidאָמַ֔ר'a.MarH559, Lestperhapsפֶּן־pen-H6435harmאָסֽוֹן׃'a.SonH611shall befallhimיִקְרָאֶ֖נּוּyik.ra.'E.nuH7122.

5And thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935tobuyלִשְׁבֹּ֖רlish.BorH7666grainamongבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432those thatcameהַבָּאִ֑יםha.ba.'ImH935: for thefamineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667.

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