Bereshith (Genesis)

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Gen 43:1 But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.
Gen 43:2 And it came to be, when they had eaten up the grain which they had
brought from Mitsrayim, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a
little food.”
Gen 43:3 But Yehuḏah spoke to him, saying, “The man vehemently warned
us, saying, ‘You do not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”
Gen 43:4 “If you let our brother go with us, we go down and buy you food.
Gen 43:5 “But if you do not let him go, we do not go down, because the man
said to us, ‘You do not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”
Gen 43:6 And Yisra’ĕl said, “Why did you do evil to me to inform the man
that you still had another brother?”
Gen 43:7 And they said, “The man kept asking about us and our relatives,
saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we
informed him according to these words. How could we know that he would
say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
Gen 43:8 And Yehuḏah said to Yisra’ĕl his father, “Send the boy with me,
and let us arise and go, and live and not die, both we and you and also our
little ones.
Gen 43:9 “I myself shall stand guaranty for him – from my hand you are to
require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let
me bear the blame forever.
Gen 43:10 “For if we had not delayed, truly by now we could have returned
this second time.”
Gen 43:11 And their father Yisra’ĕl said to them, “If so, then do this: Take
some of the best fruit of the land in your vessels and bring a present down for
the man, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.
Gen 43:12 “And take double silver in your hand, and take back in your hand
the silver that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. It could have been a
mistake.
Gen 43:13 “And take your brother, and arise, go back to the man.
Gen 43:14 “And Ĕl Shaddai give to you compassion before the man, so that
he shall release your other brother and Binyamin. And I, if I am bereaved, I
am bereaved!”
Gen 43:15 And the men took that present and Binyamin, and they took
double the amount of silver in their hand, and arose and went down to
Mitsrayim, and stood before Yosĕph.
Gen 43:16 And Yosĕph saw Binyamin with them, and said to the one over
his house, “Bring the men home, and make a great slaughter, and prepare, for
these men are to eat with me at noon.”
Gen 43:17 And the man did as Yosĕph said, and the man brought the men
into Yosĕph’s house.
Gen 43:18 And the men were afraid because they were brought into
Yosĕph’s house. And they said, “It is because of the silver, which was put
back into our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, to throw himself
upon us and fall upon us, to take us as slaves, our donkeys too.”
Gen 43:19 So they came near to the man over the house of Yosĕph, and
spoke to him at the door of the house,
Gen 43:20 and said, “O my master, we indeed came down the first time to
buy food,
Gen 43:21 but it came to be, when we came to the lodging place, that we
opened our sacks and saw each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack, our
silver in its weight. And we have brought it back in our hand.
Gen 43:22 “And we have brought down other silver in our hands to buy
food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
Gen 43:23 But he said, “Peace be with you, do not be afraid. Your Elohim
and the Elohim of your father has given you treasure in your sacks – your
silver had come to me!” And he brought Shim‛on out to them.
Gen 43:24 And the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house and gave them
water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their donkeys fodder.
Gen 43:25 And they made the present ready for Yosĕph’s coming at noon,
for they heard that they were to eat there.
Gen 43:26 And when Yosĕph came home, they brought him the present
which was in their hand, into the house, and bowed down before him to the
earth.
Gen 43:27 And he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your father
well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
Gen 43:28 And they said, “Your servant our father is in good health, he is
still alive.” And they bowed their heads down and did obeisance.
Gen 43:29 And he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Binyamin, his
mother’s son, and said, “Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to
me?” And he said, “Elohim show favour to you, my son.”
Gen 43:30 And Yosĕph hurried, for his emotions were deeply moved
towards his brother, and he looked for a place to weep, and went into his
room and wept there.
Gen 43:31 Then he washed his face and came out, and controlled himself,
and said, “Serve the food.”
Gen 43:32 And they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and
the Mitsrites who ate with him by themselves, for the Mitsrites could not eat
food with the Heḇrews, for that is an abomination to the Mitsrites.
Gen 43:33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright
and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at each other in
astonishment.
Gen 43:34 And he took portions to them from before him, but Binyamin’s
portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they feasted and they
drank with him.

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Gen 44:1 And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men’s
sacks with food, as they are able to bear, and put each man’s silver in the
mouth of his sack.
Gen 44:2 “And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the
youngest, and the silver for his grain.” And he did according to the word of
Yosĕph which he spoke.
Gen 44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they
and their donkeys.
Gen 44:4 And when they had gone out of the city, not having gone far,
Yosĕph said to the one over his house, “Rise up, follow the men, and when
you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Gen 44:5 ‘Is this not the one from which my master drinks, and with which
he indeed divines? You have done evil in what you have done.’ ”
Gen 44:6 So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.
Gen 44:7 And they said to him, “Why does my master say these words? Far
be it from us that your servants should do according to this word.
Gen 44:8 “See, we brought back to you from the land of Kena‛an the silver
which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then should we steal silver
or gold from your master’s house?
Gen 44:9 “With whomever of your servants it is found – he shall die and we
shall become my master’s slaves as well.”
Gen 44:10 And he said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he
with whom it is found becomes my slave, and you are innocent.”
Gen 44:11 And they hurried, each man let down his sack to the ground, and
each opened his sack.
Gen 44:12 And he searched, with the oldest first and with the youngest last,
and the cup was found in Binyamin’s sack.
Gen 44:13 And they tore their garments, and each man loaded his donkey
and went back to the city.
Gen 44:14 And Yehuḏah and his brothers came to Yosĕph’s house, and he
was still there. And they fell before him on the ground.
Gen 44:15 And Yosĕph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did
you not know that a man like me indeed divines?”
Gen 44:16 And Yehuḏah said, “What do we say to my master? What do we
speak? Or how do we clear ourselves? Elohim has found out the crookedness
of your servants. See, we are my master’s slaves, both we and he also with
whom the cup was found.”
Gen 44:17 But he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand
the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your
father.”
Gen 44:18 And Yehuḏah came near to him and said, “O my master, please
let your servant speak a word in my master’s hearing, and do not let your
displeasure burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
Gen 44:19 “My master asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a
brother?’
Gen 44:20 “And we said to my master, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a
young child of his old age, and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his
mother’s children, and his father loves him.’
Gen 44:21 “And you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, and let
me set my eyes on him.’
Gen 44:22 “And we said to my master, ‘The boy is not able to leave his
father, for if he leaves his father, his father shall die.’
Gen 44:23 “But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother
comes down with you, you do not see my face again.’
Gen 44:24 “And it came to be, when we went up to your servant my father,
that we told him the words of my master.
Gen 44:25 “And our father said, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
Gen 44:26 “But we said, ‘We are not able to go down. If our youngest
brother is with us, then we shall go down, for we are not able to see the
man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
Gen 44:27 “Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife
bore me two sons,
Gen 44:28 and the one went out from me, and I said, “Truly, he is torn, torn
to pieces!” And I have not seen him since.
Gen 44:29 ‘And if you take this one from me too, and harm comes to him,
you shall bring down my grey hair with evil to the grave.’
Gen 44:30 “And now, if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not
with us – since his own life is bound up in his life –
Gen 44:31 then it shall be, when he sees that the boy is not with us, that he
shall die. So your servants shall bring down the grey hair of your servant our
father with evil to the grave.
Gen 44:32 “For your servant went guaranty for the boy to my father, saying,
‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall be a sinner before my father
forever.’
Gen 44:33 “And now, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a
slave to my master, and let the boy go up with his brothers.
Gen 44:34 “For how do I go up to my father if the boy is not with me, lest I
see the evil that would come upon my father?”

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Gen 45:1 And Yosĕph was unable to restrain himself before all those who
stood by him, and he called out, “Have everyone go out from me!” So no one
stood with him while Yosĕph made himself known to his brothers.
Gen 45:2 And he wept aloud, and the Mitsrites and the house of Pharaoh
heard it.
Gen 45:3 And Yosĕph said to his brothers, “I am Yosĕph, is my father still
alive?” But his brothers were unable to answer him, for they trembled before
him.
Gen 45:4 Then Yosĕph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” And
when they came near, he said, “I am Yosĕph your brother, whom you sold
into Mitsrayim.
Gen 45:5 “And now, do not be grieved nor displeased with yourselves
because you sold me here, for Elohim sent me before you to preserve life.
Gen 45:6 “For two years now the scarcity of food has been in the land, and
there are still five years in which there is neither ploughing nor harvesting.
Gen 45:7 “And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in
the earth, and to give life to you by a great escape.
Gen 45:8 “So then, you did not send me here, but Elohim. And He has set me
for a father to Pharaoh, and master of all his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Mitsrayim.
Gen 45:9 “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son
Yosĕph, “Elohim has made me master of all Mitsrayim. Come down to me,
do not delay.
Gen 45:10 “And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and be near to me,
you and your children, your children’s children, your flocks and your herds,
and all that you have.
Gen 45:11 “And I shall provide for you there, lest you and your household,
and all that you have, come to poverty, because five years of scarcity of food
are still to come.” ’
Gen 45:12 “And look, your eyes and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see
that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
Gen 45:13 “And you shall inform my father of all my esteem in Mitsrayim,
and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring my father down
here.”
Gen 45:14 And he fell on his brother Binyamin’s neck and wept, and
Binyamin wept on his neck.
Gen 45:15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that
his brothers spoke with him.
Gen 45:16 And the report of it was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying,
“The brothers of Yosĕph have come.” And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh
and in the eyes of his servants.
Gen 45:17 And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this:
Load your beasts and go, enter the land of Kena‛an,
Gen 45:18 and take your father and your households and come to me, and I
give you the best of the land of Mitsrayim, and you eat the fat of the land.
Gen 45:19 ‘And you, you have been commanded, do this: Take wagons out
of the land of Mitsrayim for your little ones and your wives. And you shall
bring your father, and come.
Gen 45:20 ‘And do not be concerned about your goods, for the best of all the
land of Mitsrayim is yours.’ ”
Gen 45:21 And the sons of Yisra’ĕl did so. And Yosĕph gave them wagons,
according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them food for the journey.
Gen 45:22 He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments, but to
Binyamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of
garments.
Gen 45:23 And he sent to his father this: ten donkeys loaded with the best of
Mitsrayim, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, and bread, and food
for his father for the journey.
Gen 45:24 So he sent his brothers away, and they left. And he said to them,
“Do not quarrel along the way.”
Gen 45:25 And they went up out of Mitsrayim, and came to the land of
Kena‛an to Ya‛aqoḇ their father.
Gen 45:26 And they told him, saying, “Yosĕph is still alive, and he is
governor over all the land of Mitsrayim.” And Ya‛aqoḇ’s heart ceased, for he
did not believe them.
Gen 45:27 But when they spoke to him all the words which Yosĕph had
spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons which Yosĕph had sent to
transport him, the spirit of Ya‛aqoḇ their father revived.
Gen 45:28 And Yisra’ĕl said, “Enough! My son Yosĕph is still alive. Let me
go and see him before I die.”

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Gen 46:1 And Yisra’ĕl set out with all that he had, and came to Be’ĕrsheḇa,
and brought offerings to the Elohim of his father Yitsḥaq.
Gen 46:2 And Elohim spoke to Yisra’ĕl in the visions of the night, and said,
“Ya‛aqoḇ, Ya‛aqoḇ!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Gen 46:3 And He said, “I am the Ĕl, Elohim of your father. Do not be afraid
to go down to Mitsrayim, for I shall make you there into a great nation.
Gen 46:4 “I Myself am going down with you to Mitsrayim and I Myself shall
certainly bring you up again. And let Yosĕph put his hand on your eyes.”
Gen 46:5 And Ya‛aqoḇ rose up from Be’ĕrsheḇa. And the sons of Yisra’ĕl
brought their father Ya‛aqoḇ, and their little ones, and their wives, in the
wagons which Pharaoh had sent to transport him.
Gen 46:6 And they took their livestock and their property which they had
acquired in the land of Kena‛an, and came into Mitsrayim, Ya‛aqoḇ and all
his seed with him.
Gen 46:7 His sons and his sons’ sons, his daughters and his sons’ daughters,
and all his seed he brought with him to Mitsrayim.
Gen 46:8 And these were the names of the children of Yisra’ĕl, Ya‛aqoḇ and
his sons, who came into Mitsrayim: Re’uḇĕn was Ya‛aqoḇ’s first-born.
Gen 46:9 And the sons of Re’uḇĕn: Ḥanoḵ, and Pallu, and Ḥetsron, and
Karmi.
Gen 46:10 And the sons of Shim‛on: Yemu’ĕl, and Yamin, and Ohaḏ, and
Yaḵin, and Tsoḥar, and Sha’ul, son of a Kena‛anite woman.
Gen 46:11 And the sons of Lĕwi: Gĕreshon, Qehath, and Merari.
Gen 46:12 And the sons of Yehuḏah: Ĕr, and Onan, and Shĕlah, and Perets,
and Zeraḥ – but Ĕr and Onan died in the land of Kena‛an. And the sons of
Perets were Ḥetsron and Ḥamul.
Gen 46:13 And the sons of Yissasḵar: Tola, and Puw‛ah, and Yoḇ, and
Shimron.
Gen 46:14 And the sons of Zeḇulun: Sereḏ, and Ĕlon, and Yaḥle’ĕl.
Gen 46:15 These were the sons of Lĕ’ah, whom she bore to Ya‛aqoḇ in
Paddan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the beings, his sons and his
daughters, were thirty-three.
Gen 46:16 And the sons of Gaḏ: Tsiphyon and Ḥaggi, Shuni and Etsbon, Ĕri
and Aroḏi, and Arĕli.
Gen 46:17 And the sons of Ashĕr: Yimnah, and Yishwah, and Yishwi, and
Beri‛ah, and Seraḥ, their sister. And the sons of Beri‛ah: Ḥeḇer and Malki’ĕl.
Gen 46:18 These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laḇan gave to Lĕ’ah his
daughter. And these she bore to Ya‛aqoḇ: sixteen beings.
Gen 46:19 The sons of Raḥĕl, Ya‛aqoḇ’s wife: Yosĕph and Binyamin.
Gen 46:20 And to Yosĕph in the land of Mitsrayim were born Menashsheh
and Ephrayim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore
to him.
Gen 46:21 And the sons of Binyamin: Belah, and Beḵer, and Ashbĕl, Gĕra
and Na‛aman, Ĕḥi and Rosh, Muppim and Ḥuppim, and Ard.
Gen 46:22 These were the sons of Raḥĕl who were born to Ya‛aqoḇ:
fourteen beings in all.
Gen 46:23 And the son of Dan: Ḥushim.
Gen 46:24 And the sons of Naphtali: Yaḥtse’ĕl, and Guni, and Yĕtser, and
Shillĕm.
Gen 46:25 These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laḇan gave to Raḥĕl his
daughter, and she bore these to Ya‛aqoḇ: seven beings in all.
Gen 46:26 All the beings who went with Ya‛aqoḇ to Mitsrayim, who came
from his body, besides Ya‛aqoḇ’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six beings in all.
Gen 46:27 And the sons of Yosĕph who were born to him in Mitsrayim were
two beings. All the beings of the house of Ya‛aqoḇ who went to Mitsrayim
were seventy.
Gen 46:28 And he sent Yehuḏah before him to Yosĕph, to point out before
him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.
Gen 46:29 And Yosĕph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to
meet his father Yisra’ĕl. And he appeared to him, and fell on his neck and
wept on his neck a long time.
Gen 46:30 And Yisra’ĕl said to Yosĕph, “Now let me die, since I have seen
your face, that you are still alive.”
Gen 46:31 And Yosĕph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I
am going up to inform Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my
father’s house, who were in the land of Kena‛an, have come to me.
Gen 46:32 ‘And the men are shepherds, that they have been men of
livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds, and all that they
have.’
Gen 46:33 “And it shall be, when Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your
occupation?’
Gen 46:34 that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been men of livestock
from our youth even till now, both we and also our fathers,’ so that you dwell
in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Mitsrites.”