Genesis 45:23

וּלְאָבִיו שָׁלַח כְּזֹאת עֲשָׂרָה חֲמֹרִים נֹשְׂאִים מִטּוּב מִצְרָיִם וְעֶשֶׂר אֲתֹנֹת נֹֽשְׂאֹת בָּר וָלֶחֶם וּמָזוֹן לְאָבִיו לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃

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Hebrew

וּלְאָבִ֞יו שָׁלַ֤ח כְּזֹאת֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה חֲמֹרִ֔ים נֹשְׂאִ֖ים מִטּ֣וּב מִצְרָ֑יִם וְעֶ֣שֶׂר אֲתֹנֹ֡ת נֹֽ֠שְׂאֹת בָּ֣ר וָלֶ֧חֶם וּמָז֛וֹן לְאָבִ֖יו לַדָּֽרֶךְ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπέστειλεν κατὰ τὰ αὐτά, καὶ δέκα ὄνους αἴροντας ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ δέκα ἡμιόνους αἰρούσας ἄρτους τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς ὁδόν.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

tantumdem pecuniæ et vestium mittens patri suo, addens et asinos decem, qui subveherent ex omnibus divitiis Ægypti, et totidem asinas, triticum in itinere, panesque portantes.

Spanish

A su padre le envió diez burros cargados con lo mejor de Egipto, y diez burras cargadas de trigo, pan y provisiones para el viaje de su padre.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y á su padre envió esto: diez asnos cargados de lo mejor de Egipto, y diez asnas cargadas de trigo, y pan y comida, para su padre en el camino.

English

And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.

✦ What the text says

Summary

Joseph sends his father Jacob ten male donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread and provisions for his father's journey. The verse lists two groups of pack animals and specifies what each carries.

Key words

shalach ("he sent", H7971G) — qal perfect, marks the completed action that structures the whole verse: Joseph "sent" a specific set of goods to his father.
tuv ("the good thing of", H2898) — masculine singular construct, joined to Mitzrayim ("Egypt", H4714G) to form "the best of Egypt," describing the cargo of the male donkeys.
nose'im / nose'ot ("carrying", H5375H) — qal participle, appearing twice in matching masculine plural (for the male donkeys, word 10) and feminine plural (for the female donkeys, word 17) forms, grammatically agreeing with each set of animals described.
bar ("grain", H1250A) and lechem ("food/bread", H3899H) and mazon ("food", H4202) — three distinct nouns listed in sequence, all objects of what the female donkeys carry.
derekh ("journey", H1870L) — common singular noun with the article and preposition la ("for the"), specifying the purpose of the provisions: for use "on the journey."

What the text says

The sentence is built around the verb shalach ("he sent", H7971G), whose subject (Joseph, understood from context) governs two parallel noun phrases marked by the participle nose'im/nose'ot ("carrying", H5375H). The masculine participle agrees with chamorim ("donkeys", H2543), the group carrying tuv Mitzrayim — "the good thing[s] of Egypt" (a construct chain linking H2898 and H4714G). The feminine participle agrees with atonot ("female donkeys", H0860), the group carrying three items in series: bar ("grain", H1250A), lechem ("food", H3899H), and mazon ("food", H4202). The repetition of le-avi ("to his father", H0001G with suffix H9023) in both halves of the verse (words 3–4 and 24–25) frames the shipment as directed at Jacob specifically, and the final phrase la-darekh ("for the journey", H1870L) clarifies that these supplies are meant for travel, not permanent stores.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders ke-zot ("according to this", H2063) as κατὰ τὰ αὐτά ("the same things"), a more generalizing phrase than the Hebrew demonstrative. Where the Hebrew specifies atonot ("female donkeys", H0860), the LXX uses ἡμιόνους ("mules"), a different animal term. The Vulgate adds "money and clothing" (pecuniae et vestium) as part of what Joseph sent, an item not present among the Hebrew nouns listed in this verse.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.