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Genesis 47:18-20

18When thatyearהַשָּׁנָ֣הha.sha.NahH8141wasendedוַתִּתֹּם֮va.ti.TomH8552, theycameוַיָּבֹ֨אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to him thesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.NitH8145yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הba.sha.NahH8141, andsaidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, We will nothideנְכַחֵ֣דne.kha.ChedH3582from mylordמֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יme.'a.do.NiH113, how that ourmoneyהַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701isspentתַּ֣םtamH8552; mylordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113alsohathH413ourherdsוּמִקְנֵ֥הu.mik.NehH4735ofcattleהַבְּהֵמָ֖הha.be.he.MahH929; there is nothingleftנִשְׁאַר֙nish.'ArH7604in thesightלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440of mylordאֲדֹנִ֔י'a.do.NiH113, but ourbodiesגְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּge.vi.ya.Te.nuH1472, and ourlandsוְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127:

19Why shall wedieנָמ֣וּתna.MutH4191before thyeyesלְעֵינֶ֗יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869, both we and ourlandאַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127?buyקְנֵֽה־ke.neh-H7069us and ourlandאַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ'ad.ma.Te.nuH127forbreadבַּלָּ֑חֶםba.La.chemH3899, and we and ourlandוְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ve.'ad.ma.Te.nuH127will beservantsעֲבָדִ֣ים'a.va.DimH5650toPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547: andgiveוְתֶן־ve.ten-H5414usseedזֶ֗רַעZe.ra'H2233, that we mayliveוְנִֽחְיֶה֙ve.nich.YehH2421, and notdieנָמ֔וּתna.MutH4191, that thelandוְהָאֲדָמָ֖הve.ha.'a.da.MahH127be notdesolateתֵשָֽׁם׃te.ShamH3456.

20AndJosephיוֹסֵ֜ףyo.SefH3130boughtוַיִּ֨קֶןvai.Yi.kenH7069all thelandאַדְמַ֤ת'ad.MatH127ofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714forPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֔הle.far.'OhH6547; for theEgyptiansH4714soldמָכְר֤וּma.khe.RuH4376everymanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376hisfieldשָׂדֵ֔הוּsa.De.huH7704, because thefamineהָרָעָ֑בha.ra.'AvH7458prevailedחָזַ֥קcha.ZakH2388over them: so thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776becamePharaoh’sלְפַרְעֹֽה׃le.far.'OhH6547.

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