TBESH · H9009
/ה · ha · [the]
Prefix hé article: "the" for a subject, not object
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/ה (ha) means “[the]” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ha STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ה · ha · [the]
Prefix hé article: "the" for a subject, not object
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
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Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
Read word by wordWhen Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.
Read word by wordHe asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
Read word by wordWhen Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
Read word by wordJoseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Read word by wordThey separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
Read word by wordThey were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Read word by wordThen Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
Read word by wordPut my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
Read word by wordAt daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
Read word by wordThey had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Read word by wordWhen the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
Read word by word“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
Read word by wordThe steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Read word by wordThen they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
Read word by word“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
Read word by word“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
Read word by wordBut Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
Read word by wordSo we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
Read word by wordBut you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
Read word by wordBut we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
Read word by wordWhen one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
Read word by wordSo if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
Read word by wordsees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
Read word by wordIndeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
Read word by wordNow please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
Read word by wordFor how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
Read word by wordThen Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Read word by wordFor the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Read word by wordTherefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordBehold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
Read word by wordWhen the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
Read word by wordThen bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
Read word by wordHowever, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
Read word by wordAnd that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
Read word by word“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Read word by wordNow these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Read word by wordThe sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Read word by wordAll those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
Read word by wordAnd with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
Read word by wordThen Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
Read word by wordThe men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
Read word by wordThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
Read word by wordthe land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
Read word by wordSo Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Read word by wordJoseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
Read word by wordThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
Read word by wordJoseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
Read word by wordWhen the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
Read word by wordSo they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
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