## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 43

###### Onkelos Genesis 43:1
[Onkelos Genesis 43:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:1)

וְכַפְנָא תַּקִּיף בְּאַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The famine was severe in the land.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:2
[Onkelos Genesis 43:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:2)

וַהֲוָה כַּד סַפִּיקוּ (שֵׁצִיאוּ עי' רש"י) לְמֵיכַל יָת **עִיבוּרָא** דְּאַיְתִיאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן אֲבוּהוֹן תּוּבוּ זְבוּנוּ לָנָא זְעֵיר עִיבוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When they had finished eating [**entirely comsumed**] the food [**grain**] that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go back and buy a little food [**grain**] for us.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:3
[Onkelos Genesis 43:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:3)

וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ יְהוּדָה לְמֵימָר אַסְהָדָא אַסְהֵד בָּנָא גַבְרָא לְמֵימַר לָא תֶחֱזוּן אַפַּי אֶלָּהֵין כַּד אֲחוּכוֹן עִמְּכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehudah spoke to him saying, The man warned us repeatedly, saying, You had better not see my face unless your brother is with you.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:4
[Onkelos Genesis 43:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:4)

אִם אִיתָךְ מְשַׁלַּח יָת אָחוּנָא עִמָּנָא נֵיחוֹת וְנִזְבֵּן לָךְ עִיבוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food [**grain**] for you.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:5
[Onkelos Genesis 43:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:5)

וְאִם לֵיתָךְ מְשַׁלַּח לָא נֵיחוֹת אֲרֵי גַבְרָא אֲמַר לָנָא לָא תֶחֱזוּן אַפַּי אֶלָּהֵין כַּד אֲחוּכוֹן עִמְּכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But if you will not send [him] we will not go down; for the man said to us, You had better not see my face unless your brother is with you.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:6
[Onkelos Genesis 43:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:6)

וַאֲמַר יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמָה אַבְאֶשְׁתּוּן לִי לְחַוָּאָה לְגַבְרָא הַעַד כְּעַן לְכוֹן אָחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yisrael said, Why did you do such harm to me, by telling the man that you had another brother.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:7
[Onkelos Genesis 43:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:7)

וַאֲמָרוּ מִשְׁאַל שָׁאֵל גַּבְרָא לָנָא וּלְיַלָּדוּתָנָא לְמֵימַר הַעַד כְּעַן אֲבוּכוֹן קַיָּם הַאִית לְכוֹן אָחָא וְחַוֵּינָא לֵיהּ עַל מֵימַר פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין הֲמִדַּע הֲוֵינָא יָדְעִין אֲרֵי יֵימַר אוֹחִיתוּ יָת אֲחוּכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said, The man asked us repeatedly, about ourselves and about our family, saying. Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother? We told him according to his words. Could we have known that he would say, Bring your brother down?


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:8
[Onkelos Genesis 43:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:8)

וַאֲמַר יְהוּדָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבוּהִי שְׁלַח עוּלֵימָא עִמִּי וְנֵקוּם וְנֵזֵיל וְנֵיחֵי וְלָא נְמוּת אַף אֲנַחְנָא אַף אַתְּ אַף טַפְלָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehudah said to his father, Yisrael, Send the lad with me, and we will get up and go; let us live and not die, we, you and our children.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:9
[Onkelos Genesis 43:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:9)

אֲנָא מְעָרַבְנָא בֵיהּ מִן יְדִי תִּבְעִנֵּיהּ אִם לָא אַיְתִנֵּיהּ לָךְ וַאֲקֵימִנֵּיהּ קֳדָמָךְ וְאֵהֵי **חָטֵי** לָךְ כָּל יוֹמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I will be security for him. You will demand him from my hand. If I do not bring him to you, and set him before you, I will have sinned [**be a sinner**] to you for all time.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:10
[Onkelos Genesis 43:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:10)

אֲרֵי אִלּוּלָפוֹן בְּדָא אִתְעַכָּבְנָא אֲרֵי כְעַן תַּבְנָא דְּנַן תַּרְתֵּין זִמְנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If we had not hesitated until now, we could have been there and back twice.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:11
[Onkelos Genesis 43:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:11)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבוּהוֹן אִם כֵּן הָכָא דָּא עִיבִידוּ סִיבוּ מִדִּמְשַׁבַּח בְּאַרְעָא בְּמָנֵיכוֹן וְאוֹחִיתוּ לְגַבְרָא תִּקְרֻבְתָּא זְעֵיר קְטַף וּזְעֵיר דְּבַשׁ שְׁעַף וּלְטוֹם בָּטְנִין וְשִׁגְדִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Their father Yisrael said to them, If so, here, this is what you must do: Take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and take an offering to the man, a little balsam, a little honey, gum, labdanum, pistachios and almonds.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:12
[Onkelos Genesis 43:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:12)

וְכַסְפָּא עַל חַד תְּרֵין סִיבוּ בְיֶדְכוֹן וְיָת כַּסְפָּא דְּאִתּוֹתַב בְּפוּם טוֹעֲנֵיכוֹן תְּתִיבוּן בְּיֶדְכוֹן מָאִים שָׁלוּ הוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Take double the money in your hands; and the money that was returned in the opening of your bags return by your own hands. Perhaps it was an oversight.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:13
[Onkelos Genesis 43:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:13)

וְיָת אֲחוּכוֹן דְּבָרוּ וְקוּמוּ תּוּבוּ לְוַת גַּבְרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Take your brother, get up and return to the man.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:14
[Onkelos Genesis 43:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:14)

וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יִתֵּן לְכוֹן רַחֲמִין לָקֳדָם גַּבְרָא וְיִפְטַר לְכוֹן יָת אֲחוּכוֹן אָחֳרָנָא וְיָת בִּנְיָמִין וַאֲנָא כְּמָא דְאִתְכֵּלִית תְּכֵלִית:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
May the Almighty, Shaddai, grant you compassion in the presence of the man, that he may release to you your other brother along with Binyamin. If I have been bereft of my children, I will be bereft.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:15
[Onkelos Genesis 43:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:15)

וּנְסִיבוּ גֻבְרַיָּא יָת תִּקְרֻבְתָּא הָדָא וְעַל חַד תְּרֵין כַּסְפָּא נְסִיבוּ בִידֵיהוֹן וּדְבָרוּ יָת בִּנְיָמִן וְקָמוּ וּנְחָתוּ לְמִצְרַיִם וְקָמוּ קֳדָם יוֹסֵף:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The men took that offering, and they took double money in their hands, and [they took] Binyamin. They rose and went down to Egypt, and they stood before Yoseif.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:16
[Onkelos Genesis 43:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:16)

וַחֲזָא יוֹסֵף עִמְּהוֹן יָת בִּנְיָמִין וַאֲמַר לְדִי מְמַנָּא עַל בֵּיתֵיהּ אָעֵיל יָת גֻּבְרַיָּא לְבֵיתָא וּנְכוֹס נִכְסָתָא וְאַתְקֵין אֲרֵי עִמִּי יֵיכְלוּן גֻּבְרַיָּא **בְּשֵׁירוּתָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Yoseif saw Binyamin with them he said to the one in charge of his house, Bring these men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for these men shall dine with me at noon [**the morning meal**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:17
[Onkelos Genesis 43:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:17)

וַעֲבַד גַּבְרָא כְּמָא דִּי אֲמַר יוֹסֵף וְאָעֵיל גַּבְרָא יָת גֻּבְרַיָּא לְבֵית יוֹסֵף:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The man did as Yoseif said, and the man brought the men to the house of Yoseif.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:18
[Onkelos Genesis 43:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:18)

וּדְחִילוּ גֻבְרַיָּא אֲרֵי אִתַּעֲלוּ לְבֵית יוֹסֵף וַאֲמָרוּ עַל עֵסַק כַּסְפָּא דְּאִתּוֹתַב בְּטוֹעֲנָנָא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא אֲנַחְנָא מִתַּעֲלִין **לְאִתְרַבְרָבָא עֲלָנָא** וּ**לְאִסְתַּקָּפָא** עֲלָנָא וּ**לְמִקְנֵי** יָתָנָא לְעַבְדִּין **וּלְמִדְבַּר** יָת חֲמָרָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The men were afraid because they had been brought to Yoseif’s house, and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our bags previously are we being brought [here]; that he may turn on [**act as a lord over**] us and come down on [**libel**] us, and take [**acquire**] us for slaves along with [**and take**] our donkeys.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:19
[Onkelos Genesis 43:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:19)

וּקְרִיבוּ לְוַת גַּבְרָא דִּי מְמַנָּא עַל בֵּית יוֹסֵף וּמַלִּילוּ עִמֵּיהּ בִּתְרַע בֵּיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They approached the man, who was in charge of Yoseif’s house, and they spoke to him at the entrance to the house.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:20
[Onkelos Genesis 43:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:20)

וַאֲמָרוּ בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי מֵיחַת נְחֵתְנָא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא לְמִזְבַּן **עִיבוּרָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said, Please, my master, we came down the first time to buy food [**grain**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:21
[Onkelos Genesis 43:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:21)

וַהֲוָה כַּד אֲתֵינָא לְבֵית מְבָתָא וּפְתַחְנָא יָת טוֹעֲנָנָא וְהָא כְסַף גְּבַר בְּפוּם טוֹעֲנֵיהּ כַּסְפָּנָא בְּמַתְקְלֵיהּ וַאֲתֵיבְנָא יָתֵיהּ בִּידָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When we came to the inn and opened our bags, behold each man’s money was in the opening of his bag. It was our own money in its full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:22
[Onkelos Genesis 43:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:22)

וְכַסְפָּא אָחֳרָנָא אוֹחִיתְנָא בִידָנָא לְמִזְבַּן **עִיבוּרָא** לָא יְדַעְנָא מָן שַׁוִּי כַסְפָּנָא בְּטוֹעֲנָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We have [also] brought other money in our hand to buy food [**grain**]. We do not know who put the money in our bags.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:23
[Onkelos Genesis 43:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:23)

וַאֲמַר שְׁלַם לְכוֹן לָא תִדְחֲלוּן אֱלָהֲכוֹן וֶאֱלָהָא דַאֲבוּכוֹן יְהַב לְכוֹן סִימָא בְּטוֹעֲנֵיכוֹן כַּסְפְּכוֹן אֲתָא לְוָתִי וְאַפֵּיק לְוָתְהוֹן יָת שִׁמְעוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [the man] said, Peace be with you, do not fear. Your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you a hidden gift in your bags. Your money has come to me. He then brought Shimon out to them.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:24
[Onkelos Genesis 43:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:24)

וְאָעֵיל גַּבְרָא יָת גֻּבְרַיָּא לְבֵית יוֹסֵף וִיהַב מַיָּא וְאַסְחוֹ רִגְלֵיהוֹן וִיהַב כִּסְּתָא לַחֲמָרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The man brought the men into the house of Yoseif. He gave them water and they washed their feet. He had feed given to their donkeys.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:25
[Onkelos Genesis 43:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:25)

וְאַתְקִינוּ יָת תִּקְרֻבְתָּא עַד דְּעַל יוֹסֵף **בְּשֵׁירוּתָא** אֲרֵי שְׁמָעוּ אֲרֵי תַמָּן יֵיכְלוּן לַחְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They prepared their offering [to be ready] when Yoseif came at noon [**to the morning meal**], for they had heard that they would eat there.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:26
[Onkelos Genesis 43:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:26)

וְעַל יוֹסֵף לְבֵיתָא וְאַיְתִיאוּ לֵיהּ יָת תִּקְרֻבְתָּא דִּי בִידֵיהוֹן לְבַיְתָא וּסְגִידוּ לֵיהּ לְאַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif came to the house, and they brought the offering that was in their hand, to him in the house. They prostrated themselves on the ground to him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:27
[Onkelos Genesis 43:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:27)

וּשְׁאֵיל לְהוֹן לִשְׁלַם וַאֲמַר הַשְׁלַם אֲבוּכוֹן סָבָא דִּי אֲמַרְתּוּן הַעַד כְּעַן קַיָּם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He inquired about their welfare, and said, Is your old father at peace, the one about whom you spoke? Is he still alive?


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:28
[Onkelos Genesis 43:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:28)

וַאֲמָרוּ שְׁלַם לְעַבְדָּךְ לְאָבוּנָא עַד כְּעַן קַיָּם וּכְרָעוּ וּסְגִידוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said, Your servant, our father is at peace. He is still alive. They bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:29
[Onkelos Genesis 43:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:29)

וּזְקַף עֵינוֹהִי וַחֲזָא יָת בִּנְיָמִין אֲחוּהִי בַּר אִמֵּיהּ וַאֲמַר הָדֵין אֲחוּכוֹן זְעֵירָא דִּי אֲמַרְתּוּן לִי וַאֲמַר **מִן קֳדָם יְיָ יִתְרַחַם עֲלָךְ** בְּרִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He raised his eyes and saw his brother Binyamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me? He [then] said, Elohim be gracious to you [**Graciousness from before Elohim be upon you**] my son.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:30
[Onkelos Genesis 43:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:30)

וְאוֹחִי יוֹסֵף אֲרֵי אִתְגּוֹלְלוּ רַחֲמוֹהִי עַל אֲחוּהִי וּבְעָא לְמִבְכֵּי וְעַל לְאִדְרוֹן בֵּית **מִשְׁכְּבָא** וּבְכָא תַמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif hurried [to go out] because his compassion was aroused toward his brother, and he wanted to weep. He went into [his] [**bed**]room and wept there.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:31
[Onkelos Genesis 43:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:31)

וְאַסְחֵי אַפּוֹהִי וּנְפָק וְאִתְחַסִּין וַאֲמַר שַׁוִּיאוּ לַחְמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He washed his face and came out. He composed himself, and said, Serve bread.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:32
[Onkelos Genesis 43:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:32)

וְשַׁוִּיאוּ לֵיהּ בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי וּלְהוֹן בִּלְחוֹדֵיהוֹן וּלְמִצְרָאֵי דְּאָכְלִין עִמֵּיהּ בִּלְחוֹדֵיהוֹן אֲרֵי לָא יָכְלִין מִצְרָאֵי לְמֵיכַל עִם עִבְרָאֵי לַחְמָא אֲרֵי **בְעִירָא** דְּמִצְרָאֵי **דָחֲלִין לֵיהּ עִבְרָאֵי אָכְלִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They set [a place] for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, since the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, because it was loathsome to the [**the animal that the**] Egyptians [**worship, the Hebrews eat**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:33
[Onkelos Genesis 43:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:33)

**וְאַסְחָרוּ** קֳדָמוֹהִי רַבָּא כְּרַבְיוּתֵיהּ וּזְעֵירָא כִּזְעֵרוּתֵיהּ וּתְמָהוּ גֻבְרַיָּא גְּבַר לְחַבְרֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They were seated [**reclined**] before him, the first born [the oldest] according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. The men looked at each other in astonishment.


###### Onkelos Genesis 43:34
[Onkelos Genesis 43:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/43:34)

וּנְטַל חֳלָקִין מִן קֳדָמוֹהִי לָ**קֳדָמֵי**הוֹן וּסְגִי חֲלָקָא דְבִנְיָמִן מֵחֳלָקֵי דְכָלְּהוֹן חַמְשָׁא חֳלָקִין וּשְׁתִיאוּ וּרְוִיאוּ עִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He had portions carried from before him to [**before**] them. Binyomin’s portions was greater than all of their’s—five times as much. They drank with him and became intoxicated.