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Genesis 45:23

וּ לְ אָבִיו שָׁלַח כְּ זֹאת עֲשָׂרָה חֲמֹרִים נֹשְׂאִים מִ טּוּב מִצְרָיִם וְ עֶשֶׂר אֲתֹנֹת נֹשְׂאֹת בָּר וָ לֶחֶם וּ מָזֹון לְ אָבִיו לַ דָּרֶךְ
And to his father he has sent according to this one, ten of fermenting-ones those-who-lift from a good one of Dual-Siege, and ten1297 of everflowing-ones those-who-lift a pure-one and a bread and [a feeding-place]1298 for his father for the Road.
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Ten foaming-ones [chamorim foaming-ones]…ten everflowing-ones [atonot enduring-ones]. Hebrew עֲשָׂרָ֣ה חֲמֹרִ֔ים … עֶ֣שֶׂר אֲתֹנֹ֡ת. The Hebrew places the feminine and masculine form of ten, esher and asherah [#6235] with the opposite genders of donkeys.