## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 44

###### Onkelos Genesis 44:1
[Onkelos Genesis 44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:1)

וּפַקֵּיד יָת דִּי מְמַנָּא עַל בֵּיתֵיהּ לְמֵימַר מְלֵי יָת טוֹעֲנֵי גֻבְרַיָּא **עִיבוּרָא** כְּמָה דִי יָכְלִין לְמַטְּלֵי וְשַׁוִּי כְּסַף גְּבַר בְּפוּם טוֹעֲנֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He commanded the one in charge of his house, saying, Fill the men’s bags with as much food [**grain**] as they can carry, and place each man’s money in the opening of his bag.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:2
[Onkelos Genesis 44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:2)

וְיָת קַלִּידִי קַלִּידָא דְכַסְפָּא תְּשַׁוֵּי בְּפוּם טוֹעֲנָא דִזְעֵירָא וְיָת כְּסַף זְבִינוֹהִי וַעֲבַד כְּפִתְגָּמָא דְיוֹסֵף דִּי מַלִּיל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And my goblet, the silver goblet, put in the opening of the youngest one’s bag, together with the money for his purchase of food. He acted according to the word Yoseif had spoken.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:3
[Onkelos Genesis 44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:3)

צַפְרָא נְהָר וְגֻבְרַיָּא אִתְפַּטָּרוּ אִנּוּן וַחֲמָרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
With the morning light, the men were sent [on their way] together with their donkeys.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:4
[Onkelos Genesis 44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:4)

אִנּוּן נְפָקוּ מִן קַרְתָּא לָא אַרְחִיקוּ וְיוֹסֵף אֲמַר לְדִי מְמַנָּא עַל בֵּיתֵיהּ קוּם רְדַף בָּתַר גֻּבְרַיָּא וְתַדְבְּקִנּוּן וְתֵימַר לְהוֹן לְמָה אַשְׁלֶמְתּוּן בִּישָׁא חֳלָף טַבְתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They had just left the city, they had not gone far, when Yoseif said to the one in charge of his house, Get up, pursue the men, and when you catch up with them, say to them, Why did you repay good with evil.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:5
[Onkelos Genesis 44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:5)

הֲלָא דֵין דְּשָׁתֵי רִבּוֹנִי בֵּיהּ וְהוּא **בָּדָקָא מְבָדֵק** בֵּיהּ אַבְאֶשְׁתּוּן דִּי עֲבַדְתּוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Why, this is [the goblet] from which my master drinks. He uses it for divination [**investigating**]. You have acted badly in what you have done.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:6
[Onkelos Genesis 44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:6)

וְאַדְבֵּיקִנּוּן וּמַלִּיל עִמְּהוֹן יָת פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He caught up with them, and spoke these exact words to them.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:7
[Onkelos Genesis 44:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:7)

וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ לְמָה יְמַלֵּל רִבּוֹנִי כְּפִתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין **חַס לְעַבְדָיךְ מִלְּמֶעְבַּד** כְּפִתְגָּמָא הָדֵין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They said to him, Why does my master speak such words? It would be degrading for your servants to do [**May your servants be spared from doing**] such a thing.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:8
[Onkelos Genesis 44:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:8)

הָא כַסְפָּא דִּי אַשְׁכַּחְנָא בְּפוּם טוֹעֲנָנָא אֲתֵיבְנוֹהִי לָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דִכְנָעַן וְאֶכְדֵּין נִגְנוּב מִבֵּית רִבּוֹנָךְ כַּסְפָּא אוֹ דַהֲבָא (**מָנִין** דִּכְסַף אוֹ **מָנִין** דִּדְהָב):

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Behold the money that we found in the opening of our bags, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we have stolen silver [**vessels**] or gold [**vessels**] from your master’s house?


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:9
[Onkelos Genesis 44:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:9)

דִּי יִשְׁתְּכַח עִמֵּיהּ מֵעַבְדָיךְ וּמִית וְאַף אֲנַחְנָא נְהֵי לְרִבּוֹנִי לְעַבְדִּין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He among your servants with whom it is found, he shall die. We will also be servants to my master.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:10
[Onkelos Genesis 44:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:10)

וַאֲמַר אַף כְּעַן כְּפִתְגָּמֵיכוֹן כֶּן הוּא דִּי יִשְׁתְּכַח עִמֵּיהּ יְהֵי לִי עַבְדָּא וְאַתּוּן תְּהוֹן זַכָּאִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And he said, Your words are now also correct. The one with whom it is found, he shall be my slave, and you shall be guiltless.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:11
[Onkelos Genesis 44:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:11)

וְאוֹחִיאוּ וּנְחִיתוּ (ס"א וְאַחִיתוּ) גְּבַר יָת טוֹעֲנֵיהּ לְאַרְעָא וּפְתָחוּ גְּבַר טוֹעֲנֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They hurried, and each man lowered his bag to the ground, and each man opened his bag.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:12
[Onkelos Genesis 44:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:12)

וּבְלַשׁ בְּרַבָּא שָׁרִי וּבִזְעֵירָא שֵׁצִי וְאִשְׁתְּכַח קַלִּידָא בְּטוֹעֲנָא דְּבִנְיָמִן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending with the youngest. The goblet was found in Binyomin’s bag.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:13
[Onkelos Genesis 44:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:13)

וּבְזָעוּ לְבוּשֵׁיהוֹן וּרְמוֹ גְּבַר עַל חֲמָרֵיהּ וְתָבוּ לְקַרְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They tore their garments [in grief]. Each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:14
[Onkelos Genesis 44:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:14)

וְעַל יְהוּדָה וַאֲחוֹהִי לְבֵית יוֹסֵף וְהוּא עַד כְּעַן תַּמָּן וּנְפָלוּ קֳדָמוֹהִי לְאַרְעָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehudah and his brothers came to Yoseif’s house. He was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:15
[Onkelos Genesis 44:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:15)

וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן יוֹסֵף מָה עוֹבָדָא הָדֵין דִּי עֲבַדְתּוּן הֲלָא יְדַעְתּוּן אֲרֵי **בָדָקָא מְבָדֵק** גַּבְרָא דִּי כְוָתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yoseif said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me is an expert diviner [**investigator**]?


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:16
[Onkelos Genesis 44:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:16)

וַאֲמַר יְהוּדָה מַה נֵּימַר לְרִבּוֹנִי מַה נְּמַלֵּל וּמַה נִּזְכֵּי **מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ **אִשְׁתְּכַח** יָת חוֹבָא בְעַבְדָּיךְ הָא אֲנַחְנָא עַבְדִּין לְרִבּוֹנִי אַף אֲנַחְנָא אַף דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח קַלִּידָא בִּידֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehudah said, What shall we say to my master? What can we speak? How can we justify ourselves? [**From before**] God [**the iniquity of your servants**] has [**been**] found the iniquity of your servants. Let us be slaves to my master, both we, and the one in whose hand the goblet was found.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:17
[Onkelos Genesis 44:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:17)

וַאֲמַר **חַס לִי** מִלְּמֶעְבַּד דָּא גַּבְרָא דִּי יִשְׁתְּכַח קַלִּידָא בִּידֵיהּ הוּא יְהֵי לִי עַבְדָּא וְאַתּוּן סְקוֹ לִשְׁלַם לְוַת אֲבוּכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Yoseif] said [to them], It would be degrading for me to do [**May I be spared from doing**] such a thing. The man in whose hand the goblet was found, he shall be my slave, and [the rest of] you go up in peace to your father.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:18
[Onkelos Genesis 44:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:18)

וּקְרֵב לְוָתֵיהּ יְהוּדָה וַאֲמַר בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי יְמַלֶּל **כְּעַן** עַבְדָךְ פִּתְגָּמָא **קֳדָם** רִבּוֹנִי וְלָא יִתְקֵף רוּגְזָךְ בְּעַבְדָךְ אֲרֵי כְפַרְעֹה כֶּן אָתְּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehudah approached him [Yoseif] and said, Please my master, let your servant speak [**now**] a word in my master’s ears [**before my master**], and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:19
[Onkelos Genesis 44:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:19)

רִבּוֹנִי שְׁאִיל יָת עַבְדוֹהִי לְמֵימָר הַאִית לְכוֹן אַבָּא אוֹ אָחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
My master asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:20
[Onkelos Genesis 44:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:20)

וַאֲמַרְנָא לְרִבּוֹנִי אִית לָנָא אַבָּא סָבָא וּבַר סִיבְתִין זְעֵיר וְאָחוּהִי מִית וְאִשְׁתָּאַר הוּא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי לְאִמֵּהּ וַאֲבוּהִי רְחִים לֵהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We said to my master, We have a father who is old, and a young child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone survives of his mother, and his father loves him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:21
[Onkelos Genesis 44:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:21)

וַאֲמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדָיךְ אֲחִיתוֹהִי לְוָתִי וֶאֱשַׁוֵּי עֵינִי עֲלוֹהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:22
[Onkelos Genesis 44:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:22)

וַאֲמַרְנָא לְרִבּוֹנִי לָא יִכּוּל עוּלֵימָא לְמִשְׁבַּק יָת אֲבוּהִי וְאִם יִשְׁבּוֹק יָת אֲבוּהִי וּמִית:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We said to my master, the lad cannot leave his father, for if he left his father, he would die.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:23
[Onkelos Genesis 44:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:23)

וַאֲמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדָיךְ אִם לָא יֵחוֹת אֲחוּכוֹן זְעֵירָא עִמְּכוֹן לָא תוֹסְפוּן לְמֶחֱזֵי אַפָּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You [then] said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not see my face again.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:24
[Onkelos Genesis 44:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:24)

וַהֲוָה כַּד סְלֵיקְנָא לְעַבְדָךְ אַבָּא וְחַוֵּינָא לֵיהּ יָת פִּתְגָּמֵי רִבּוֹנִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When we went to your servant, my father, we told him of my master’s words.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:25
[Onkelos Genesis 44:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:25)

וַאֲמַר אָבוּנָא תּוּבוּ זְבוּנוּ לָנָא זְעֵיר **עִיבוּרָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Our father said, Go back and buy us a little food [**grain**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:26
[Onkelos Genesis 44:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:26)

וַאֲמַרְנָא לָא נִכּוּל לְמֵיחָת אִם אִית אָחוּנָא זְעֵירָא עִמָּנָא וְנֵחוֹת אֲרֵי לָא נִכּוּל לְמֶחֱזֵי אַפֵּי גַבְרָא וְאָחוּנָא זְעֵירָא לֵיתוֹהִי עִמָּנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
We said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down, for we cannot see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:27
[Onkelos Genesis 44:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:27)

וַאֲמַר עַבְדָךְ אַבָּא לָנָא אַתּוּן יְדַעְתּוּן אֲרֵי תְרֵין יְלִידַת לִי אִתְּתִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Your servant, my father said to us, You know that my wife [Rochel] bore me two sons.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:28
[Onkelos Genesis 44:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:28)

וּנְפַק חַד מִלְּוָתִי וַאֲמָרִית בְּרַם **מִקְטַל קְטִיל** וְלָא חֲזִתֵּיהּ עַד כְּעָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
One has [already] left me, and I said, surely he is torn to pieces [**dead**]. I have not see him until now.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:29
[Onkelos Genesis 44:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:29)

וְתַדְבְּרוּן אַף יָת דֵּין מִן קֳדָמַי וִיעַרְעִנֵּיהּ **מוֹתָא** וְתַחֲתוּן יָת שִׂבְתִי בְּבִישְׁתָא לִשְׁאוֹל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you take this one also away from me, and misfortune [**death**] befall him, you will bring my white head down to the grave in evil.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:30
[Onkelos Genesis 44:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:30)

וּכְעַן כְּמֵיתִי לְוַת עַבְדָךְ אַבָּא וְעוּלֵימָא לֵיתוֹהִי עִמָּנָא וְנַפְשֵׁיהּ **חֲבִיבָא לֵהּ כְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now, when I come to your servant, my father, and the lad is not with us; his soul is bound up with the lad’s [**as beloved to him as his own**] soul.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:31
[Onkelos Genesis 44:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:31)

וִיהֵי כַּד יֶחֱזֵי אֲרֵי לֵית עוּלֵימָא וּמִית וְיַחֲתוּן עַבְדָיךְ יָת שִׂיבַת עַבְדָךְ אָבוּנָא בְּדָווֹנָא לִשְׁאוֹל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When he sees that the lad is not [with us], he will die. Your servants will have brought down the white head of your servant, our father, to the grave in sorrow.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:32
[Onkelos Genesis 44:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:32)

אַרֵי עַבְדָךְ מְעָרַב בְּעוּלֵימָא מִן אַבָּא לְמֵימָר אִם לָא אַיְתִנֵּיהּ לְוָתָךְ **וָאֱהִי חָטֵי** לְאַבָּא כָּל יוֹמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For your servant became surety for the lad, to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, I will have sinned [**be a sinner**] to my father for all time.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:33
[Onkelos Genesis 44:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:33)

**וּכְעַן** יֵתֶב **כְּעַן** עַבְדָךְ תְּחוֹת עוּלֵימָא עַבְדָא לְרִבּוֹנִי וְעוּלֵימָא יִסַּק עִם אֲחוּהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And now, let your servant [**now**] remain as a slave to my master instead of the lad. Let the lad go up with his brothers.


###### Onkelos Genesis 44:34
[Onkelos Genesis 44:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/44:34)

אֲרֵי אֶכְדֵּין אֶסַּק לְוַת אַבָּא וְעוּלֵימָא לֵיתוֹהִי עִמִּי דִּלְמָא אֶחֱזֵי בְּבִישׁוּ דִּי יִשְׁתְּכַח יָת אַבָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For how shall I go up to my father when the lad is not with me; lest I see the evil that would befall my father.