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בִּלְתִּ֖יagain unlessbil·tî
אֲחִיכֶ֥םyour brother’ă·ḥî·ḵem
אִתְּכֶֽם׃is with you . ’”’it·tə·ḵem
Genesis 43:6לָמָ֥ה“ Whylā·māh
הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖םdid you bring this troublehă·rê·‘ō·ṯem
לִ֑יupon me ? ”
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsraelyiś·rā·’êl
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙asked .way·yō·mer
לְהַגִּ֣יד“ Why did you telllə·hag·gîḏ
לָאִ֔ישׁthe manlā·’îš
הַע֥וֹדyou had anotherha·‘ō·wḏ
לָכֶ֖ם. . .lā·ḵem
אָֽח׃brother ? ”’āḥ
Genesis 43:7וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ They replied , way·yō·mə·rū
הָ֠אִישׁ“ The manhā·’îš
שָׁא֣וֹלquestionedšā·’ō·wl
לָ֣נוּuslā·nū
שָֽׁאַל־in detailšā·’al-
וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּabout ourselves and our familyū·lə·mō·w·laḏ·tê·nū
לֵאמֹ֗ר:lê·mōr
אֲבִיכֶ֥ם‘ Is your father’ă·ḇî·ḵem
הַע֨וֹדstillha·‘ō·wḏ
חַי֙alive ?ḥay
הֲיֵ֣שׁDo you havehă·yêš
לָכֶ֣ם. . .lā·ḵem
אָ֔חanother brother ? ’’āḥ
וַנַ֨גֶּד־And we answeredwa·nag·geḏ-
ל֔וֹhim
עַל־accordingly‘al-
פִּ֖י. . . .
הַדְּבָרִ֣ים. . .had·də·ḇā·rîm
הָאֵ֑לֶּה. . .hā·’êl·leh
הֲיָד֣וֹעַHow could we possibly knowhă·yā·ḏō·w·a‘
נֵדַ֔ע. . .nê·ḏa‘
כִּ֣יthat
יֹאמַ֔ר he would say , yō·mar
הוֹרִ֖ידוּ‘ Bringhō·w·rî·ḏū
אֶת־-’eṯ-
אֲחִיכֶֽם׃your brother here ’? ”’ă·ḥî·ḵem
Genesis 43:8יְהוּדָ֜הAnd Judahyə·hū·ḏāh
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרsaidway·yō·mer
אֶל־to’el-
אָבִ֗יוhis father’ā·ḇîw
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל Israel , yiś·rā·’êl
שִׁלְחָ֥ה“ Sendšil·ḥāh
הַנַּ֛עַרthe boyhan·na·‘ar
אִתִּ֖י with me , ’it·tî
וְנָק֣וּמָהvvvwə·nā·qū·māh
וְנֵלֵ֑כָה and we will go at once , wə·nê·lê·ḵāh
וְנִֽחְיֶה֙so that we may livewə·niḥ·yeh
וְלֹ֣אand notwə·lō
נָמ֔וּתdie —nā·mūṯ
גַּם־. . .gam-
אֲנַ֥חְנוּ neither we , ’ă·naḥ·nū
גַם־. . .ḡam-
אַתָּ֖ה nor you , ’at·tāh
גַּם־. . .gam-
טַפֵּֽנוּ׃nor our children .ṭap·pê·nū
Genesis 43:9אָֽנֹכִי֙I’ā·nō·ḵî
אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּwill guarantee his safety .’e·‘er·ḇen·nū
תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּYou may hold metə·ḇaq·šen·nū
מִיָּדִ֖יpersonally responsible .mî·yā·ḏî
אִם־If’im-
לֹ֨אI do not
הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יוbring him backhă·ḇî·’ō·ṯîw
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙-’ê·le·ḵā
וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יוand set himwə·hiṣ·ṣaḡ·tîw
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ before you , lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā
לְךָ֖then may Ilə·ḵā
וְחָטָ֥אתִֽיbear the guilt before youwə·ḥā·ṭā·ṯî
כָּל־all my lifekāl-
הַיָּמִֽים׃. . . .hay·yā·mîm
Genesis 43:10כִּ֖יIf we had not
לוּלֵ֣א. . .lū·lê
הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ delayed , hiṯ·mah·mā·hə·nū
כִּֽי־. . .kî-
שַׁ֖בְנוּwe could have come and gonešaḇ·nū
זֶ֥ה. . .zeh
פַעֲמָֽיִם׃twicep̄a·‘ă·mā·yim
עַתָּ֥הby now . ”‘at·tāh
Genesis 43:11אֲבִיהֶ֗םThen their father’ă·ḇî·hem
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לIsraelyiś·rā·’êl