- Genesis 44:18
וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּר־נָא עַבְדְּךָ דָבָר בְּאׇזְנֵי אֲדֹנִי וְאַל־יִחַר אַפְּךָ בְּעַבְדֶּךָ כִּי כָמוֹךָ כְּפַרְעֹה׃
Then Judah went up to him and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant appeal to my lord, and do not be impatient with your servant, you who are the equal of Pharaoh.
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרֵיב לְוָתֵיהּ יְהוּדָה וַאֲמַר בְּבָעוּ רִבּוֹנִי יְמַלֵּיל כְּעַן עַבְדָּךְ פִּתְגָמָא קֳדָם רִבּוֹנִי וְלָא יִתְקַף רוּגְזָךְ בְּעַבְדָּךְ אֲרֵי כְּפַרְעֹה כֵּין אַתְּ׃
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.
- Genesis 44:19
אֲדֹנִי שָׁאַל אֶת־עֲבָדָיו לֵאמֹר הֲיֵשׁ־לָכֶם אָב אוֹ־אָח׃
My lord asked his servants, ‘Have you a father or another brother?’
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רִבּוֹנִי שַׁאֵיל יָת עַבְדּוֹהִי לְמֵימַר הַאִית לְכוֹן אַבָּא אוֹ אֲחָא׃
My master asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?
- Genesis 44:20
וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי יֶשׁ־לָנוּ אָב זָקֵן וְיֶלֶד זְקֻנִים קָטָן וְאָחִיו מֵת וַיִּוָּתֵר הוּא לְבַדּוֹ לְאִמּוֹ וְאָבִיו אֲהֵבוֹ׃
We told my lord, ‘We have an old father, and there is a child of his old age, the youngest; his full brother is dead, so that he alone is left of his mother, and his father dotes on him.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרְנָא לְרִבּוֹנִי אִית לַנָא אַבָּא סָבָא וּבַר סֵיבְתִין זְעֵיר וַאֲחוּהִי מִית וְאִשְׁתְּאַר הוּא בִּלְחוֹדוֹהִי לְאִמֵּיהּ וַאֲבוּהִי רָחֵים לֵיהּ׃
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.
- Genesis 44:21
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ הוֹרִדֻהוּ אֵלָי וְאָשִׂימָה עֵינִי עָלָיו׃
Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set eyes on him.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרְתְּ לְעַבְדָּךְ אַחֲתוּהִי לְוָתִי וַאֲשַׁוֵּי עֵינִי עֲלוֹהִי׃
You said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
- Genesis 44:22
וַנֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲדֹנִי לֹא־יוּכַל הַנַּעַר לַעֲזֹב אֶת־אָבִיו וְעָזַב אֶת־אָבִיו וָמֵת׃
We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he were to leave him, his father would die.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרְנָא לְרִבּוֹנִי לָא יִכּוֹל עוּלֵימָא לְמִשְׁבַּק יָת אֲבוּהִי אִם יִשְׁבּוֹק יָת אֲבוּהִי יְמוּת׃
We said to my master, the lad cannot leave his father, for if he left his father, he would die.
- Genesis 44:23
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדֶיךָ אִם־לֹא יֵרֵד אֲחִיכֶם הַקָּטֹן אִתְּכֶם לֹא תֹסִפוּן לִרְאוֹת פָּנָי׃
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, do not let me see your faces.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרְתְּ לְעַבְדָּךְ אִם לָא יֵיחוֹת אֲחוּכוֹן זְעֵירָא עִמְּכוֹן לָא תֵּיסְפוּן לְמִחְזֵי אַפָּי׃
You [then] said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not see my face again.
- Genesis 44:24
וַיְהִי כִּי עָלִינוּ אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וַנַּגֶּד־לוֹ אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֲדֹנִי׃
When we came back to your servant my father, we reported my lord’s words to him.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲוָה כַּד סְלֵיקְנָא לְוָת עַבְדָּךְ אַבָּא וְחַוִּינָא לֵיהּ יָת פִּתְגָמֵי רִבּוֹנִי׃
When we went to your servant, my father, we told him of my master’s words.
- Genesis 44:25
וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִינוּ שֻׁבוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָנוּ מְעַט־אֹכֶל׃
“Later our father said, ‘Go back and procure some food for us.’
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וַאֲמַר אֲבוּנָא תּוּבוּ זְבוּנוּ לַנָא זְעֵיר עֲבוּרָא׃
Our father said, Go back and buy us a little food [grain].
- Genesis 44:26
וַנֹּאמֶר לֹא נוּכַל לָרֶדֶת אִם־יֵשׁ אָחִינוּ הַקָּטֹן אִתָּנוּ וְיָרַדְנוּ כִּי־לֹא נוּכַל לִרְאוֹת פְּנֵי הָאִישׁ וְאָחִינוּ הַקָּטֹן אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּנוּ׃
We answered, ‘We cannot go down; only if our youngest brother is with us can we go down, for we may not show our faces to the man unless our youngest brother is with us.’
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַרְנָא לָא נִכּוֹל לְמֵיחַת אִם אִית אֲחוּנָא זְעֵירָא עִמַּנָא וְנֵיחוֹת אֲרֵי לָא נִכּוֹל לְמִחְזֵי אַפֵּי גּוּבְרָא וְאַחוּנָא זְעֵירָא לָיְתוֹהִי עִמַּנָא׃
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.
- Genesis 44:27
וַיֹּאמֶר עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי אֵלֵינוּ אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי שְׁנַיִם יָלְדָה־לִּי אִשְׁתִּי׃
Your servant my father said to us, ‘As you know, my wife bore me two sons.
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וַאֲמַר עַבְדָּךְ אַבָּא לַנָא אַתּוּן יְדַעְתּוּן אֲרֵי תְּרֵין יְלֵידַת לִי אִתְּתִי׃
Your servant, my father said to us, You know that my wife [Rochel] bore me two sons.
- Genesis 44:28
וַיֵּצֵא הָאֶחָד מֵאִתִּי וָאֹמַר אַךְ טָרֹף טֹרָף וְלֹא רְאִיתִיו עַד־הֵנָּה׃
But one is gone from me, and I said: Alas, he was torn by a beast! And I have not seen him since.
Targum Onkelos
וּנְפַק חַד מִלְּוָתִי וַאֲמַרִית בְּרַם מִקְטָל קְטִיל וְלָא חֲזֵיתֵיהּ עַד כְּעַן׃
One has [already] left me, and I said, surely he is torn to pieces [dead]. I have not see him until now.
- Genesis 44:29
וּלְקַחְתֶּם גַּם־אֶת־זֶה מֵעִם פָּנַי וְקָרָהוּ אָסוֹן וְהוֹרַדְתֶּם אֶת־שֵׂיבָתִי בְּרָעָה שְׁאֹלָה׃
If you take this one from me, too, and he meets with disaster, you will send my white head down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Targum Onkelos
וְתִסְּבְוּן אַף יָת דֵּין מִן קֳדָמַי וִיעָרְעִנֵּיהּ מוֹתָא וְתַחֲתוּן יָת סֵיבְתִי בְּבִשְׁתָּא לִשְׁאוֹל׃
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.
- Genesis 44:30
וְעַתָּה כְּבֹאִי אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתָּנוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ קְשׁוּרָה בְנַפְשׁוֹ׃
“Now, if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—since his own life is so bound up with his—
Targum Onkelos
וּכְעַן כְּמֵיתַא לְוָת עַבְדָּךְ אַבָּא וְעוּלֵימָא לָיְתוֹהִי עִמַּנָא וְנַפְשֵׁיהּ חַבִּיבָא לֵיהּ כְּנַפְשֵׁיהּ׃
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.