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Genesis 42:18-25

18AndJosephיוֹסֵף֙yo.SefH3130saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them thethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, Thisdoעֲשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213, andliveוִֽחְי֑וּvich.YuH2421; for Ifearיָרֵֽא׃ya.Re'H3373Godהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430:

19If ye arehonestכֵּנִ֣יםke.NimH3651men, letoneאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259of yourbrethrenאֲחִיכֶ֣ם'a.chi.KhemH251beboundיֵאָסֵ֖רye.'a.SerH631in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of yourprisonמִשְׁמַרְכֶ֑םmish.mar.KhemH4929:goH3212ye,carryהָבִ֔יאוּha.Vi.'uH935grainשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7668for thefamineרַעֲב֥וֹןra.'a.VonH7459of yourhousesבָּתֵּיכֶֽם׃ba.tei.KhemH1004:

20Butbringתָּבִ֣יאוּta.Vi.'uH935youryoungestהַקָּטֹן֙ha.ka.TonH6996brotherאֲחִיכֶ֤ם'a.chi.KhemH251to me; so shall yourwordsדִבְרֵיכֶ֖םdiv.rei.KhemH1697beverifiedוְיֵאָמְנ֥וּve.ye.'a.me.NuH539, and ye shall notdieתָמ֑וּתוּta.Mu.tuH4191. And theydidוַיַּעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213so.

21And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376toanotherאָחִ֗יו'a.ChivH251, We areverilyאֲבָל֮'a.ValH61guiltyאֲשֵׁמִ֣ים׀'a.she.MimH818concerning ourbrotherאָחִינוּ֒'a.chi.NuH251, inthatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834wesawרָאִ֜ינוּra.'I.nuH7200theanguishצָרַ֥תtza.RatH6869of hissoulנַפְשׁ֛וֹnaf.ShoH5315, when hebesoughtבְּהִתְחַֽנְנ֥וֹbe.hit.cha.NoH2603us, and we would nothearשָׁמָ֑עְנוּsha.Ma.'e.nuH8085; therefore is thisdistressהַצָּרָ֖הha.tza.RahH6869comeבָּ֣אָהBa.'ahH935upon us.

22AndReubenרְאוּבֵ֨ןre.'u.VenH7205answeredוַיַּעַן֩vai.ya.'AnH6030them,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Did I notspeakאָמַ֨רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559to you,sayingלֵאמֹ֛רle.MorH559, Do notsinתֶּחֶטְא֥וּte.chet.'UH2398against the youngmanבַיֶּ֖לֶדvai.Ye.ledH3206; and ye would nothearשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑םshe.ma'.TemH8085? therefore, behold, also hisbloodדָּמ֖וֹda.MoH1818isrequiredנִדְרָֽשׁ׃nid.RashH1875.

23And theyknewיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045not thatJosephיוֹסֵ֑ףyo.SefH3130understoodשֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'H8085them ; for he spoke to them by aninterpreterהַמֵּלִ֖יץha.me.LitzH3887.

24And he turned himselfawayוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437from them, andweptוַיֵּ֑בְךְּvai.Ye.vekH1058; and returned to themagainוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725, andspokeוַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.BerH1696with them, andtookוַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.KachH3947from themSimeonשִׁמְע֔וֹןshim.'onH8095, andboundוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥רvai.ye.'e.SorH631him before theireyesלְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃le.'ei.nei.HemH5869.

25ThenJosephיוֹסֵ֗ףyo.SefH3130commandedוַיְצַ֣וvay.TzavH6680tofillוַיְמַלְא֣וּvay.mal.'UH4390theirsacksכְּלֵיהֶם֮ke.lei.HemH3627withgrainבָּר֒barH1250, and torestoreוּלְהָשִׁ֤יבu.le.ha.ShivH7725everyman’sאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376moneyכַּסְפֵּיהֶם֙kas.pei.HemH3701into hissackשַׂקּ֔וֹsa.KoH8242, and togiveוְלָתֵ֥תve.la.TetH5414themprovisionצֵדָ֖הtze.DahH6720for thewayלַדָּ֑רֶךְla.Da.rekhH1870: andthusכֵּֽן׃KenH3651didheוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213to them.

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