Genesis 44

1 and to command [obj] which upon house: home his to/for to say to fill [obj] sack [the] human food like/as as which be able [emph?] to lift: bear and to set: put silver: money man: anyone in/on/with lip sack his

Joseph ordered his household supervisor, “Fill the men's sacks with as much grain as they can hold and put each man's money at the top of his sack.

2 and [obj] cup my cup [the] silver: money to set: put in/on/with lip sack [the] small: young and [obj] silver: money grain his and to make: do like/as word Joseph which to speak: speak

Then put my special silver cup at the top of the sack of the youngest, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph told him.

3 [the] morning to light and [the] human to send: depart they(masc.) and donkey their

At sunrise they were sent on their way with their donkeys.

4 they(masc.) to come out: come [obj] [the] city not to remove and Joseph to say to/for which upon house: household his to arise: rise to pursue after [the] human and to overtake them and to say to(wards) them to/for what? to complete distress: evil underneath: instead welfare

They had hardly left the city when Joseph told his household supervisor, “Go after those men, and when you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you paid back good with evil by stealing my master's silver cup?

5 not this which to drink lord my in/on/with him and he/she/it to divine to divine in/on/with him be evil which to make: do

This is the cup he personally drinks from, and which he uses for divination. What you've done is really evil!’”

6 and to overtake them and to speak: speak to(wards) them [obj] [the] word [the] these

When he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.

7 and to say to(wards) him to/for what? to speak: speak lord my like/as Chronicles [the] these forbid to/for servant/slave your from to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this

“My lord, what are you saying?” they replied. “We your servants wouldn't do anything like that!

8 look! silver: money which to find in/on/with lip sack our to return: return to(wards) you from land: country/planet Canaan and how? to steal from house: home lord your silver: money or gold

Remember that we brought back the money we found at the top of our sacks when we returned from Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

9 which to find with him from servant/slave your and to die and also we to be to/for lord my to/for servant/slave

If any one of us is found with it, he shall die, and all of us will become your slaves.”

10 and to say also now like/as word: speaking your so he/she/it which to find with him to be to/for me servant/slave and you(m. p.) to be innocent

“Whatever you say,” the man replied, “but only the one found with it will become my slave since the rest of you will be free of any blame.”

11 and to hasten and to go down man: anyone [obj] sack his land: soil [to] and to open man: anyone sack his

They all unloaded their sacks and put them on the ground. They each opened their own sacks.

12 and to search in/on/with great: old to profane/begin: begin and in/on/with small: young to end: finish and to find [the] cup in/on/with sack Benjamin

The household supervisor searched the sacks, beginning with the oldest and working his way down to the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13 and to tear mantle their and to lift man: anyone upon donkey his and to return: return [the] city [to]

The brothers tore their clothes in grief. Then they loaded their sacks back on their donkeys and headed back to the city.

14 and to come (in): come Judah and brother: male-sibling his house: home [to] Joseph and he/she/it still he there and to fall: kill to/for face: before his land: soil [to]

Joseph was still at home when Judah and his brothers arrived, and they fell to the ground before him.

15 and to say to/for them Joseph what? [the] deed [the] this which to make: do not to know for to divine to divine man which like me

“Why did you do this?” Joseph asked. “Don't you know a man like me can find out things through divination?”

16 and to say Judah what? to say to/for lord my what? to speak: speak and what? to justify [the] God to find [obj] iniquity: guilt servant/slave your look! we servant/slave to/for lord my also we also which to find [the] cup in/on/with hand his

“My lord, what can we say?” Judah replied. “How can we explain this to you? In what way can we prove our innocence? God has exposed the guilt of your servants. My lord, we are your slaves—all of us, including the one who was found with the cup.”

17 and to say forbid to/for me from to make: do this [the] man which to find [the] cup in/on/with hand his he/she/it to be to/for me servant/slave and you(m. p.) to ascend: rise to/for peace to(wards) father your

“I wouldn't do anything like that!” Joseph replied. “Only the man who was found with the cup will become my slave. The rest of you are free to return to your father.”

18 and to approach: approach to(wards) him Judah and to say please lord my to speak: speak please servant/slave your word in/on/with ear: to ears lord my and not to be incensed face: anger your in/on/with servant/slave your for like you like/as Pharaoh

Judah came closer and said to him, “If you please, my lord, let your servant just say a word. Please don't become angry with your servant, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

19 lord my to ask [obj] servant/slave his to/for to say there to/for you father or brother: male-sibling

My lord, previously you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

20 and to say to(wards) lord my there to/for us father old and youth extreme age small and brother: male-sibling his to die and to remain he/she/it to/for alone him to/for mother his and father his to love: lover him

We told you, my lord, ‘We have an elderly father, and a younger brother, born when our father was already old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's children left, and his father loves him dearly.’

21 and to say to(wards) servant/slave your to go down him to(wards) me and to set: make eye my upon him

Then you ordered us, ‘Bring him here to me so I can see him.’

22 and to say to(wards) lord my not be able [the] youth to/for to leave: forsake [obj] father his and to leave: forsake [obj] father his and to die

We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, his father would die.’

23 and to say to(wards) servant/slave your if: until not to go down brother: male-sibling your [the] small: young with you not to add: again [emph?] to/for to see: see face my

But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come with you, you won't see me again.’

24 and to be for to ascend: rise to(wards) servant/slave your father my and to tell to/for him [obj] word lord my

So when we went back to your servant, our father, we explained to him everything you had told us.

25 and to say father our to return: again to buy grain to/for us little food

However, later on, our father told us, ‘Go back and buy some more food.’

26 and to say not be able to/for to go down if there brother: male-sibling our [the] small: young with us and to go down for not be able to/for to see: see face [the] man and brother: male-sibling our [the] small: young nothing he with us

But we said, ‘There's no way we can go back unless Benjamin our youngest brother goes with us, because we won't be able to see the man if Benjamin isn't with us.’

27 and to say servant/slave your father my to(wards) us you(m. p.) to know for two to beget to/for me woman: wife my

Then my father said to us, ‘You realize that my wife had two sons for me.

28 and to come out: come [the] one from with me and to say surely to tear to tear and not to see: see him till here/thus

One is no more, ripped to pieces no doubt, for I've never seen him since.

29 and to take: take also [obj] this from from with face: before my and to meet him harm and to go down [obj] greyheaded my in/on/with distress: evil hell: Sheol [to] (Sheol h7585)

If you take this one away from me too, and something bad happens to him, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.’ (Sheol h7585)

30 and now like/as to come (in): come I to(wards) servant/slave your father my and [the] youth nothing he with us and soul: life his to conspire in/on/with soul: life his

So if the boy isn't with us when I go back to my father, whose life depends on the life of the boy,

31 and to be like/as to see: see he for nothing [the] youth and to die and to go down servant/slave your [obj] greyheaded servant/slave your father our in/on/with sorrow hell: Sheol [to] (Sheol h7585)

as soon as he sees the boy isn't there he'll die, and we will really send this old man, our father, to his grave in grief. (Sheol h7585)

32 for servant/slave your to pledge [obj] [the] youth from from with father my to/for to say if not to come (in): bring him to(wards) you and to sin to/for father my all [the] day

In fact I gave myself as the guarantee for the boy to my father. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, then I will always carry the blame!’

33 and now to dwell please servant/slave your underneath: instead [the] youth servant/slave to/for lord my and [the] youth to ascend: rise with brother: male-sibling his

So please let me stay here as my lord's slave instead of the boy. Let him go back home with his brothers.

34 for how? to ascend: rise to(wards) father my and [the] youth nothing he with me lest to see: see in/on/with bad: evil which to find [obj] father my

For how could I ever go back to my father if the boy wasn't with me? I couldn't stand seeing the anguish that would cause my father.”