וַיְצַו אֶת־אֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתֹו לֵאמֹר מַלֵּא אֶת־אַמְתְּחֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֹכֶל כַּאֲשֶׁר יוּכְלוּן שְׂאֵת וְשִׂים כֶּסֶף־אִישׁ  44:1

בְּפִי אַמְתַּחְתֹּו

Gene. 44:1  And he commanded he who was over his house saying, “Fill the bags of the men with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag.”

וְאֶת־גְּבִיעִי גְּבִיעַ הַכֶּסֶף תָּשִׂים בְּפִי אַמְתַּחַת הַקָּטֹן וְאֵת כֶּסֶף שִׁבְרֹו וַיַּעַשׂ כִּדְבַר יֹוסֵף אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר  44:2

Gene. 44:2  “And my goblet, the goblet of silver, you shall put in the mouth of the bag of the youngest, and the price of his corn.”  And he did according to the word of Joseph that he had spoken.

הַבֹּקֶר אֹור וְהָאֲנָשִׁים שֻׁלְּחוּ הֵמָּה וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶם  44:3

Gene. 44:3  The morning lit and the men were sent away, they and their asses.

הֵם יָצְאוּ אֶת־הָעִיר לֹא הִרְחִיקוּ וְיֹוסֵף אָמַר לַאֲשֶׁר עַל־בֵּיתֹו קוּם רְדֹף אַחֲרֵי הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם 44:4

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם לָמָּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה

Gene. 44:4  They left the city.  They were not far when Joseph said to he who was over his house, “Arise, follow after the men.  When you overtake them, then you shall say to them, ‘Why have you rendered evil in place of good?’”

הֲלֹוא זֶה אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁתֶּה אֲדֹנִי בֹּו וְהוּא נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ בֹּו הֲרֵעֹתֶם אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם  44:5

Gene. 44:5  ‘Is this not that in which my lord would drink, and he would indeed divine therein?  You have done evil in what you have done.’”

וַיַּשִּׂגֵם וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה  44:6

Gene. 44:6  When he overtook them, then he spoke to them those words.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו לָמָּה יְדַבֵּר אֲדֹנִי כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה חָלִילָה לַעֲבָדֶיךָ מֵעֲשֹׂות כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה  44:7

Gene. 44:7  And they said to him, “Why has my lord spoken such words as these?  Far be it from your servants to do such a thing as this.”

הֵן כֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר מָצָאנוּ בְּפִי אַמְתְּחֹתֵינוּ הֱשִׁיבֹנוּ אֵלֶיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וְאֵיךְ נִגְנֹב מִבֵּית אֲדֹנֶיךָ כֶּסֶף אֹו  44:8

זָהָב

Gene. 44:8  “If we returned to you the money that we found in the mouth of our bags from the land of Canaan, then why would we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?”

אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתֹּו מֵעֲבָדֶיךָ וָמֵת וְגַם־אֲנַחְנוּ נִהְיֶה לַאדֹנִי לַעֲבָדִים  44:9

Gene. 44:9  “Whoever of your servants will be found with it, then let him die, and we also will become bondsmen to my lord.”

וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־עַתָּה כְדִבְרֵיכֶם כֶּן־הוּא אֲשֶׁר יִמָּצֵא אִתֹּו יִהְיֶה־לִּי עָבֶד וְאַתֶּם תִּהְיוּ נְקִיִּם  44:10

Gene. 44:10   And he said, “Now let it be also according to your words:  Indeed, he who will be found with it shall be a bondsman to me, and you shall be innocent.”

וַיְמַהֲרוּ וַיֹּורִדוּ אִישׁ אֶת־אַמְתַּחְתֹּו אָרְצָה וַיִּפְתְּחוּ אִישׁ אַמְתַּחְתֹּו  44:11

Gene. 44:11   And they hastened and each man lowered his bag to the ground and they opened, each his bag.

וַיְחַפֵּשׂ בַּגָּדֹול הֵחֵל וּבַקָּטֹן כִּלָּה וַיִּמָּצֵא הַגָּבִיעַ בְּאַמְתַּחַת בִּנְיָמִן  44:12

Gene. 44:12   And he searched, starting with the oldest and finishing with the youngest, and he found the goblet in the bag of Benjamin.

וַיִּקְרְעוּ שִׂמְלֹתָם וַיַּעֲמֹס אִישׁ עַל־חֲמֹרֹו וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הָעִירָה  44:13

Gene. 44:13   And they rent their clothes, and each man reloaded the burden on his ass, and they returned to the city.

וַיָּבֹא יְהוּדָה וְאֶחָיו בֵּיתָה יֹוסֵף וְהוּא עֹודֶנּוּ שָׁם וַיִּפְּלוּ לְפָנָיו אָרְצָה  44:14

Gene. 44:14   And Judah came with his brothers to the house of Joseph and he was still there, and they fell before him to the ground.    .

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יֹוסֵף מָה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הֲלֹוא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי־נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּמֹנִי  44:15

Gene. 44:15   And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done?  Do you not know that a man like me would indeed divine?”

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה מַה־נֹּאמַר לַאדֹנִי מַה־נְּדַבֵּר וּמַה־נִּצְטַדָּק הָאֱלֹהִים מָצָא אֶת־עֲוֹן עֲבָדֶיךָ הִנֶּנּוּ עֲבָדִים  44:16

לַאדֹנִי גַּם־אֲנַחְנוּ גַּם אֲשֶׁר־נִמְצָא הַגָּבִיעַ בְּיָדֹו

Gene. 44:16   And Judah said, “What can we say to my lord?  What can we speak?  And what can clear us?  He Who is God has found out the iniquity of your servants.  Behold, we are bondsmen of my lord's, both we and he in whose hand the goblet was found.”

וַיֹּאמֶר חָלִילָה לִּי מֵעֲשֹׂות זֹאת הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר נִמְצָא הַגָּבִיעַ בְּיָדֹו הוּא יִהְיֶה־לִּי עָבֶד וְאַתֶּם עֲלוּ   44:17

לְשָׁלֹום אֶל־אֲבִיכֶם

Gene. 44:17   And he said, “Far be it from me to do this.  The man in whose hand the goblet was found, he shall be a bondsman to me, but you go up in peace to your father.”

וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּר־נָא עַבְדְּךָ דָבָר בְּאָזְנֵי אֲדֹנִי וְאַל־יִחַר אַפְּךָ בְּעַבְדֶּךָ כִּי  44:18

כָמֹוךָ כְּפַרְעֹה

Gene. 44:18   Then Judah came near to him and said, “If it please my lord, your servant would speak, I pray you, a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger flare up at your servant, for you are like Pharoah.”

אֲדֹנִי שָׁאַל אֶת־עֲבָדָיו לֵאמֹר הֲיֵשׁ־לָכֶם אָב אֹו־אָח  44:19

Gene. 44:19   “My lord asked his servants saying, ‘Is there a father or a brother of yours?’”

וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי יֶשׁ־לָנוּ אָב זָקֵן וְיֶלֶד זְקֻנִים קָטָן וְאָחִיו מֵת וַיִּוָּתֵר הוּא לְבַדֹּו לְאִמֹּו וְאָבִיו אֲהֵבֹו  44:20

Gene. 44:20   “And we had to say to my lord, ‘There is a father to us, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one, and his brother is dead, and he alone is remaining of his mother; his father loves him.’”

וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ הֹורִדֻהוּ אֵלָי וְאָשִׂימָה עֵינִי עָלָיו  44:21

Gene. 44:21   “And you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.’”

וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי לֹא־יוּכַל הַנַּעַר לַעֲזֹב אֶת־אָבִיו וְעָזַב אֶת־אָבִיו וָמֵת  44:22

Gene. 44:22   “And we had to say to my lord, ‘The boy will not be able to leave his father; if he left his father, then he would die.’”

וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ אִם־לֹא יֵרֵד אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן אִתְּכֶם לֹא תֹסִפוּן לִרְאֹות פָּנָי  44:23

Gene. 44:23   “And you said to your servants, ‘If you will not bring your youngest brother down with you, you shall not again be seeing my face.’”

וַיְהִי כִּי עָלִינוּ אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וַנַּגֶּד־לֹו אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֲדֹנִי  44:24

Gene. 44:24   “And it happened when we came up to your servant, my father, and we told to him the words of my lord,

וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִינוּ שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מְעַט־אֹכֶל 44:25

Gene. 44:25   then our father said, ‘Go back again, buy for us a little food.’”

וַנֹּאמֶר לֹא נוּכַל לָרֶדֶת אִם־יֵשׁ אָחִינוּ הַקָּטֹן אִתָּנוּ וְיָרַדְנוּ כִּי־לֹא נוּכַל לִרְאֹות פְּנֵי הָאִישׁ וְאָחִינוּ 44:26

הַקָּטֹן אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּנוּ

Gene. 44:26   “Then we had to say, ‘We will not be able to go down unless our youngest brother will be there with us and we go down, for we will not be able to see the face of the man and we have not our youngest brother with us.’”

וַיֹּאמֶר עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי אֵלֵינוּ אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי שְׁנַיִם יָלְדָה־לִּי אִשְׁתִּי  44:27

Gene. 44:27   “And your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore two children for me.’

וַיֵּצֵא הָאֶחָד מֵאִתִּי וָאֹמַר אַךְ טָרֹף טֹרָף וְלֹא רְאִיתִיו עַד־הֵנָּה  44:28

Gene. 44:28   ‘And the first went out from me and I had to say, ‘But surely he is torn in pieces,’ and I have not seen him to now.’

וּלְקַחְתֶּם גַּם־אֶת־זֶה מֵעִם פָּנַי וְקָרָהוּ אָסֹון וְהֹורַדְתֶּם אֶת־שֵׂיבָתִי בְּרָעָה שְׁאֹלָה  44:29

Gene. 44:29   ‘If you take this one from my face also and harm befalls him, then you will bring my gray hair down to the grave with sorrow.’”

וְעַתָּה כְּבֹאִי אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּנוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו קְשׁוּרָה בְנַפְשֹׁו  44:30

Gene. 44:30   “Therefore, now at my coming to your servant, my father, and we do not have the boy with us, and his soul is joined with his soul,

וְהָיָה כִּרְאֹותֹו כִּי־אֵין הַנַּעַר וָמֵת וְהֹורִידוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ אֶת־שֵׂיבַת עַבְדְּךָ אָבִינוּ בְּיָגֹון שְׁאֹלָה  44:31

Gene. 44:31   then it will happen after his seeing that the lad is not, then he will die.  Your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant, our father, down to the grave with sorrow.”

 כִּי עַבְדְּךָ עָרַב אֶת־הַנַּעַר מֵעִם אָבִי לֵאמֹר אִם־לֹא אֲבִיאֶנּוּ אֵלֶיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְאָבִי כָּל־הַיָּמִים  44:32

Gene. 44:32   “For your servant pledged the boy from my father saying, ‘If I will not bring him back to you,’ then I will bear the blame for my father forever.’”

וְעַתָּה יֵשֶׁב־נָא עַבְדְּךָ תַּחַת הַנַּעַר עֶבֶד לַאדֹנִי וְהַנַּעַר יַעַל עִם־אֶחָיו  44:33

Gene. 44:33   “Therefore, I pray you, let now your servant stay in place of the boy as a bondsman to my lord, and let the boy go up with his brothers.”

כִּי־אֵיךְ אֶעֱלֶה אֶל־אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתִּי פֶּן אֶרְאֶה בָרָע אֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא אֶת־אָבִי  44:34

Gene. 44:34   “For how can I go up to my father and the boy is not with me, lest I look upon the evil that will befall my father?”

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