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

When Jacob heard 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 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.

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons,“ Why are you staring at one another?”Then he said,“ Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may 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 said,“ I am afraid that harm may happen to him.”So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. He said to them,“ Where have you come from?” And they said,“ From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and he said to them,“ You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land.”And they said to him,“ No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”Yet he said to them,“ No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!”But they said,“ Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”Yet Joseph said to them,“ It is as I said to you, you are spies;by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!”So he put them all together in prison for three days.Now Joseph said to them on the third day,“ Do this and live, for I fear God:if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,and bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.Then they said to one another,“ Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; for that reason this distress has happened to us.”Reuben answered them, saying,“ Did I not tell you,‘ Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Now justice for his blood is required.”They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.Then he turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

So it came about, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them,“ Go back, buy us a little food.”