Genesis 42

Now when Jacob

ראה

Ra'ah

saw

ישׁ

Yesh

H3426

that there was

שׁבר

Sheber

מצרים

Mitsrayim

H4714

in Egypt

,

יעקב

Ya`aqob

,

ראה

Ra'ah

Why do ye look

2

And he said

,

שׁמע

Shama`

Behold, I have heard

ישׁ

Yesh

H3426

that there is

שׁבר

Sheber

מצרים

Mitsrayim

H4714

in Egypt

ירד

Yarad

get you down

שׁבר

Shabar

thither, and buy

חיה

Chayah

H2421

for us from thence that we may live

3

יוסף

Yowceph

And Joseph's

עשׂרה עשׂר

`eser

H6235

ten

אח

'ach

brethren

ירד

Yarad

went down

שׁבר

Shabar

to buy

בּר בּר

Bar

H1250

4

בּנימין

Binyamiyn

H1144

But Benjamin

,

יוסף

Yowceph

Joseph's

אח

'ach

brother

,

יעקב

Ya`aqob

Jacob

שׁלח

Shalach

H7971

sent

אח

'ach

not with his brethren

for he said

,

פּן

Pen

H6435

Lest peradventure

אסון

'acown

And the sons

ישׂראל

Yisra'el

H3478

of Israel

came

שׁבר

Shabar

to buy

תּוך

Tavek

רעב

Ra`ab

H7458

for the famine

ארץ

'erets

was in the land

6

יוסף

Yowceph

שׁלּיט

Shalliyt

H7989

was the governor

ארץ

'erets

over the land

,

שׁבר

Shabar

and he it was that sold

,

עם

`am

H5971

to all the people

ארץ

'erets

of the land

יוסף

Yowceph

and Joseph's

אח

'ach

,

שׁחה

Shachah

H7812

and bowed down

אף

'aph

H639

themselves before him with their faces

7

יוסף

Yowceph

ראה

Ra'ah

saw

אח

'ach

his brethren

,

נכר

Nakar

and he knew

נכר

Nakar

them, but made himself strange

דּבר

Dabar

unto them, and spake

קשׁה

Qasheh

H7186

roughly

unto them and he said

אין

'aiyn

ye And they said

ארץ

'erets

From the land

כּנען

K@na`an

H3667

of Canaan

שׁבר

Shabar

to buy

8

יוסף

Yowceph

נכר

Nakar

knew

אח

'ach

his brethren

,

נכר

Nakar

but they knew

9

יוסף

Yowceph

זכר

Zakar

H2142

remembered

חלם חלום

Chalowm

H2472

the dreams

חלם

Chalam

H2492

which he dreamed

of them, and said

רגל

Ragal

H7270

unto them, Ye are spies

ראה

Ra'ah

to see

ערוה

`ervah

H6172

the nakedness

ארץ

'erets

of the land

אדן אדון

'adown

H113

unto him, Nay, my lord

,

שׁבר

Shabar

but to buy

אכל

'okel

H400

food

עבד

`ebed

H5650

are thy servants

11

נחנוּ

Nachnuw

H5168

We

אחד

'echad

are all one

אישׁ

'iysh

כּן

Ken

we are true

עבד

`ebed

And he said

ראה

Ra'ah

unto them, Nay, but to see

ערוה

`ervah

H6172

the nakedness

ארץ

'erets

of the land

,

עבד

`ebed

H5650

Thy servants

שׁתּים שׁנים

Sh@nayim

H8147

are twelve

אח

'ach

brethren

,

H1121

the sons

אחד

'echad

of one

אישׁ

'iysh

man

ארץ

'erets

in the land

כּנען

K@na`an

H3667

of Canaan

קטן קטן

Qatan

and, behold, the youngest

יום

Yowm

H3117

is this day

אב

'ab

with our father

,

אחד

'echad

and one

14

יוסף

Yowceph

דּבר

Dabar

unto them, That is it that I spake

unto you, saying

,

15

זאת

Zo'th

H2063

Hereby

בּחן

Bachan

H974

ye shall be proved

חי

Chay

H2416

By the life

פּרעה

Par`oh

H6547

of Pharaoh

יצא

Yatsa'

H3318

ye shall not go forth

קטן קטן

Qatan

hence, except your youngest

אח

'ach

שׁלח

Shalach

H7971

Send

אחד

'echad

לקח

Laqach

of you, and let him fetch

אח

'ach

your brother

,

אסר

'acar

H631

and ye shall be kept in prison

,

דּבר

Dabar

H1697

that your words

בּחן

Bachan

H974

may be proved

,

אמת

'emeth

H571

whether there be any truth

,

את

'eth

H854

in

H3808

you or else

חי

Chay

H2416

by the life

פּרעה

Par`oh

H6547

of Pharaoh

17

אסף

'acaph

H622

And he put them all together

משׁמר

Mishmar

H4929

into ward

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ

Shalowsh

H7969

three

18

יוסף

Yowceph

שׁלישׁי

Sh@liyshiy

H7992

unto them the third

יום

Yowm

H3117

day

,

H6213

This do

,

חיה

Chayah

H2421

and live

ירא

Yare'

H3373

for I fear

19

כּן

Ken

If ye be true

אחד

'echad

men, let one

אח

'ach

of your brethren

אסר

'acar

H631

be bound

בּית

Bayith

H1004

in the house

משׁמר

Mishmar

H4929

of your prison

ילך

Yalak

H3212

go

ye, carry

שׁבר

Sheber

רעבון

R@abown

for the famine

קטן קטן

Qatan

your youngest

אח

'ach

brother

דּבר

Dabar

H1697

unto me so shall your words

אמן

'aman

H539

be verified

,

מוּת

Muwth

and ye shall not die

אישׁ

'iysh

אח

'ach

to another

,

אבל

'abal

H61

We are verily

,

אשׁם

'ashem

H818

guilty

אח

'ach

concerning our brother

,

H834

in that

ראה

Ra'ah

we saw

צרה

Tsarah

H6869

the anguish

נפשׁ

Nephesh

H5315

of his soul

,

חנן

Chanan

H2603

when he besought

שׁמע

Shama`

us, and we would not hear

צרה

Tsarah

H6869

therefore is this distress

come

22

ראוּבן

R@'uwben

H7205

And Reuben

ענה

`anah

,

Spake I

not unto you, saying

,

חטא

Chata'

H2398

Do not sin

ילד

Yeled

H3206

against the child

שׁמע

Shama`

and ye would not hear

דּם

Dam

H1818

therefore, behold, also his blood

23

ידע

Yada`

H3045

And they knew

יוסף

Yowceph

not that Joseph

שׁמע

Shama`

understood

24

סבב

Cabab

H5437

And he turned himself about

בּכה

Bakah

H1058

from them, and wept

שׁוּב

Shuwb

H7725

and returned to them again

,

דּבר

Dabar

and communed

לקח

Laqach

with them, and took

שׁמעון

Shim`own

H8095

from them Simeon

,

אסר

'acar

H631

and bound

25

יוסף

Yowceph

Then Joseph

צוה

Tsavah

H6680

commanded

מלא מלא

Male'

H4390

to fill

כּלי

K@liy

H3627

their sacks

בּר בּר

Bar

H1250

with corn

,

שׁוּב

Shuwb

H7725

and to restore

אישׁ

'iysh

every man's

כּסף

Keceph

money

שׂק

Saq

into his sack

,

נתן

Nathan

and to give

צדה צידה

Tseydah

H6720

them provision

דּרך

Derek

H1870

for the way

כּן

Ken

and thus

H6213

did he

26

נסה נשׂא

Nasa'

H5375

And they laded

חמר חמור

Chamowr

H2543

their asses

שׁבר

Sheber

with the corn

,

ילך

Yalak

H3212

and departed

27

אחד

'echad

And as one

פּתח

Pathach

H6605

of them opened

שׂק

Saq

his sack

נתן

Nathan

to give

חמר חמור

Chamowr

H2543

his ass

מספּוא

Micpow'

H4554

provender

מלון

Malown

H4411

in the inn

,

ראה

Ra'ah

he espied

כּסף

Keceph

his money

אמתּחת

'amtachath

H572

for, behold, it was in his sack's

28

And he said

אח

'ach

unto his brethren

,

כּסף

Keceph

My money

שׁוּב

Shuwb

H7725

is restored

הנּה

Hinneh

H2009

and, lo

,

אמתּחת

'amtachath

H572

it is even in my sack

,

לב

Leb

H3820

and their heart

יצא

Yatsa'

H3318

failed

חרד

Charad

H2729

them, and they were afraid

saying

אישׁ

'iysh

אח

'ach

to another

,

אלהים

'elohiym

H430

What is this that God

,

יעקב

Ya`aqob

unto Jacob

אב

'ab

their father

ארץ

'erets

unto the land

כּנען

K@na`an

H3667

of Canaan

,

נגד

Nagad

H5046

and told

קרה

Qarah

H7136

him all that befell

30

אישׁ

'iysh

The man

,

אדן אדון

'adown

H113

who is the lord

,

ארץ

'erets

of the land

,

דּבר

Dabar

spake

קשׁה

Qasheh

H7186

roughly

נתן

Nathan

to us, and took

רגל

Ragal

H7270

us for spies

31

And we said

כּן

Ken

unto him, We are true

32

עשׂר

`asar

H6240

We be twelve

אח

'ach

,

אב

'ab

of our father

אחד

'echad

קטן קטן

Qatan

is not, and the youngest

יום

Yowm

H3117

is this day

אב

'ab

with our father

ארץ

'erets

in the land

33

אישׁ

'iysh

And the man

,

אדן אדון

'adown

H113

the lord

ארץ

'erets

of the country

,

said

ידע

Yada`

H3045

unto us, Hereby shall I know

כּן

Ken

that ye are true

ינח

Yanach

H3240

men leave

אחד

'echad

אח

'ach

of your brethren

לקח

Laqach

here with me, and take

רעבון

R@abown

H7459

food for the famine

בּית

Bayith

H1004

of your households

,

34

And bring

קטן קטן

Qatan

your youngest

אח

'ach

brother

ידע

Yada`

H3045

unto me then shall I know

רגל

Ragal

H7270

that ye are no spies

כּן

Ken

but that ye are true

נתן

Nathan

men so will I deliver

אח

'ach

you your brother

,

סחר

Cachar

H5503

and ye shall traffick

35

רוּק

Ruwq

H7324

And it came to pass as they emptied

שׂק

Saq

their sacks

,

אישׁ

'iysh

that, behold, every man's

צרר צרור

Ts@rowr

H6872

bundle

כּסף

Keceph

of money

שׂק

Saq

was in his sack

אב

'ab

and when both they and their father

ראה

Ra'ah

saw

צרר צרור

Ts@rowr

H6872

the bundles

כּסף

Keceph

of money

,

36

יעקב

Ya`aqob

And Jacob

אב

'ab

שׁכל

Shakol

H7921

unto them, Me have ye bereaved

יוסף

Yowceph

of my children Joseph

שׁמעון

Shim`own

H8095

is not, and Simeon

לקח

Laqach

is not, and ye will take

בּנימין

Binyamiyn

H1144

Benjamin

37

ראוּבן

R@'uwben

אב

'ab

,

,

מוּת

Muwth

H4191

Slay

שׁתּים שׁנים

Sh@nayim

my two

,

if I bring

נתן

Nathan

him not to thee deliver

יד

Yad

H3027

him into my hand

,

38

And he said

,

H1121

My son

ירד

Yarad

shall not go down

אח

'ach

with you for his brother

מוּת

Muwth

H4191

is dead

,

שׁאר

Sha'ar

H7604

and he is left

אסון

'acown

H611

alone if mischief

קרא

Qara'

H7122

befall

דּרך

Derek

H1870

him by the way

ילך

Yalak

H3212

in the which ye go

,

ירד

Yarad