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THE BROTHERS OF YOSEPH DEPART
And he misvahs the steward of his house, saying, Fill the sacks of the men with food - as much as they can bear; and put the silver of every man in the mouth of his sack. 2 And put my bowl - the silver bowl, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest with his kernel silver. And he works according to the word Yoseph words: 3 The morning is light, and they send the men away - them and their he burros: 4 and when they go from the city, not yet far removed, Yoseph says to his house steward, Rise! Pursue after the men! And when you overtake them, say to them, Why shalam you evil for good? 5 Is not this from which my adoni drinks? And in prognosticating, he prognosticates? You vilify in so working. 6 - and he overtakes them and he words these same words to them. 7 And they say to him, Why words my adoni these words? Far be it that your servants work according to this word: 8 behold, the silver, we found in the mouths of our sacks, we returned to you from the land of Kenaan! Why then steal we silver or gold from the house of your adoni? 9 With whomever of your servants you find, both - he dies and we become servants of my adoni. 10 And he says, Now also, according to your words, so be it: thus he with whom we find, becomes my servant; and you be innocent. 11 And hastily they lower the sack of every man to the earth and open the sack of every man: 12 and he searches and begins at the greatest and finishes at the youngest: and find the bowl in the sack of Ben Yamin: 13 and they rip their clothes and every man loads his he burro and returns to the city. 14 And Yah Hudah and his brothers come to the house of Yoseph for he is yet there: and they fall at his face on the earth. 15 And Yoseph says to them, What work is this that you work? Know you not that such a man as I in prognosticating, prognosticates? 16 And Yah Hudah says, What say we to my adoni? What word we? Or how justify we ourselves? Elohim finds out the perversity of your servants: behold, we are servants to my adoni - both we and he also in whose hand they found the bowl. 17 And he says, Far be it that I so work: but the man in whose hand they found the bowl, he becomes my servant; and as for you, you ascend in shalom to your father. 18 Then Yah Hudah comes near to him and says, Oh my adoni, let your servant word a word in the ears of my adoni and kindle not your wrath against your servant: for you are even as Paroh. 19 My adoni asked his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? 20 And we say to my adoni, We have a father - aged and a child of his old age, a youngster; and his brother died: and he alone remains of his mother; and his father loves him. 21 And you said to your servants, Descend him to me, that I set my eyes on him. 22 And we said to my adoni, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he leaves his father, he dies. 23 And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother descend not with you, you see my face never again. 24 And so be it, we ascended to your servant my father and we told him the words of my adoni. 25 And our father said, Return and market us kernels for a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot descend: if our youngest brother be with us, then we descend: for we see not the face of the man unless our youngest brother is with us. 27 And your servant my father said to us, You know that my woman birthed me two: 28 and the one goes out from me and I say, In tearing, he is torn; and I see him not since: 29 and if you take this also from my face and mischief befalls him, you descend my grayness with evil to sheol. 30 And now, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up in the soul of the lad; 31 so be it, when he sees not the lad, he dies: and your servants descend the grayness of your servant our father with grief to sheol. 32 For your servant pledged for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to you, then I have sinned against my father all days. 33 And now, I beseech you, instead of the lad, sit your servant as servant to my adoni; and ascend the lad with his brothers. 34 For how ascend I to my father and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that finds my father.
THE BROTHERS OF YOSEPH DEPART
And he misvahs the steward of his house, saying, Fill the sacks of the men with food - as much as they can bear; and put the silver of every man in the mouth of his sack. 2 And put my bowl - the silver bowl, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest with his kernel silver. And he works according to the word Yoseph words: 3 The morning is light, and they send the men away - them and their he burros: 4 and when they go from the city, not yet far removed, Yoseph says to his house steward, Rise! Pursue after the men! And when you overtake them, say to them, Why shalam you evil for good? 5 Is not this from which my adoni drinks? And in prognosticating, he prognosticates? You vilify in so working. 6 - and he overtakes them and he words these same words to them. 7 And they say to him, Why words my adoni these words? Far be it that your servants work according to this word: 8 behold, the silver, we found in the mouths of our sacks, we returned to you from the land of Kenaan! Why then steal we silver or gold from the house of your adoni? 9 With whomever of your servants you find, both - he dies and we become servants of my adoni. 10 And he says, Now also, according to your words, so be it: thus he with whom we find, becomes my servant; and you be innocent. 11 And hastily they lower the sack of every man to the earth and open the sack of every man: 12 and he searches and begins at the greatest and finishes at the youngest: and find the bowl in the sack of Ben Yamin: 13 and they rip their clothes and every man loads his he burro and returns to the city. 14 And Yah Hudah and his brothers come to the house of Yoseph for he is yet there: and they fall at his face on the earth. 15 And Yoseph says to them, What work is this that you work? Know you not that such a man as I in prognosticating, prognosticates? 16 And Yah Hudah says, What say we to my adoni? What word we? Or how justify we ourselves? Elohim finds out the perversity of your servants: behold, we are servants to my adoni - both we and he also in whose hand they found the bowl. 17 And he says, Far be it that I so work: but the man in whose hand they found the bowl, he becomes my servant; and as for you, you ascend in shalom to your father. 18 Then Yah Hudah comes near to him and says, Oh my adoni, let your servant word a word in the ears of my adoni and kindle not your wrath against your servant: for you are even as Paroh. 19 My adoni asked his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? 20 And we say to my adoni, We have a father - aged and a child of his old age, a youngster; and his brother died: and he alone remains of his mother; and his father loves him. 21 And you said to your servants, Descend him to me, that I set my eyes on him. 22 And we said to my adoni, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he leaves his father, he dies. 23 And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother descend not with you, you see my face never again. 24 And so be it, we ascended to your servant my father and we told him the words of my adoni. 25 And our father said, Return and market us kernels for a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot descend: if our youngest brother be with us, then we descend: for we see not the face of the man unless our youngest brother is with us. 27 And your servant my father said to us, You know that my woman birthed me two: 28 and the one goes out from me and I say, In tearing, he is torn; and I see him not since: 29 and if you take this also from my face and mischief befalls him, you descend my grayness with evil to sheol. 30 And now, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up in the soul of the lad; 31 so be it, when he sees not the lad, he dies: and your servants descend the grayness of your servant our father with grief to sheol. 32 For your servant pledged for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to you, then I have sinned against my father all days. 33 And now, I beseech you, instead of the lad, sit your servant as servant to my adoni; and ascend the lad with his brothers. 34 For how ascend I to my father and the lad is not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that finds my father.