When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

雅各听见在埃及有粮，就打发我们的祖宗初次往那里去。

雅各听见在埃及有粮，就打发我们的祖宗初次往那里去。

雅各听见在埃及有粮，就打发我们的祖宗初次往那里去。

雅各听说埃及有粮，就派先祖们去那里买粮，那是我们的先祖初次去埃及。

雅各听见埃及有谷粮，就派我们的祖先去，这是第一次。

雅各听说埃及有粮食，就派我们的祖先去，这是第一次。

雅各聽見在埃及有糧，就打發我們的祖宗初次往那裏去。

雅各聽見在埃及有糧，就打發我們的祖宗初次往那裏去。

雅各聽見在埃及有糧，就打發我們的祖宗初次往那裏去。

雅各聽說埃及有糧，就派先祖們去那裡買糧，那是我們的先祖初次去埃及。

雅各聽見埃及有穀糧，就派我們的祖先去，這是第一次。

雅各聽說在埃及有糧，就差遣我們的祖宗出去，這是第一次；

雅各聽說埃及有糧食，就派我們的祖先去，這是第一次。

雅各聞埃及有榖、先遣我祖、

雅各聞埃及有舊穀、遺我祖往、

雅各聞伊及有穀、乃先遣我祖往伊及、

雅各伯聞埃及有穀、乃遣吾列祖前往糴穀、此為若輩抵埃及之首次也。

When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.

But Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt. So he sent his sons on their first visit.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit.

Jacob heard that there was still grain in Egypt, so he sent his sons— our ancestors— to buy some.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time.

But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time.

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,“ Why do you keep looking at each other?Listen,” he went on,“ I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die.”So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought,“ Something might happen to him.”The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.“ Where do you come from?” he asked.“ From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them,“ You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”“ No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food,” they said.“ We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies.”“ No,” he said to them.“ You have come to see the weakness of the land.”But they replied,“ We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living.”Then Joseph said to them,“ I have spoken:‘ You are spies!’This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days.On the third day Joseph said to them,“ I fear God— do this and you will live.If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.” And they consented to this.Then they said to each other,“ Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”But Reuben replied,“ Didn’t I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must account for his blood!”They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.He turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them,“ Go back and buy us a little food.”