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Genesis 44:6

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

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וַֽיַּשִּׂגֵ֑םvayasigemand reachנָשַׂגconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and reach”, the next action in the storyH5381to reach (literally or figuratively)ability, be able, attain (unto), (be able to, can) get, lay at, put, reach, remove, wax rich, [idiom] surely, (over-) take (hold of, on, upon).וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.אֲלֵהֶ֔םalehemamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַדְּבָרִ֖יםhadvarimthe causeדָּבָרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the cause”, the ordinary formH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…הָאֵֽלֶּהhaelehthe theseאֵלֶּהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “the these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

World English Bible

He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

Darby Translation

And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

Douay-Rheims

He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he found them, and spoke to them according to these words.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὑρὼν δὲ αὐτοὺς, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.