“ Sir,” they said,“ we came to Egypt once before to buy food.

说：“我主啊，我们头次下来实在是要籴粮。

说：“我主啊，求求你，我们当初下来，真的是要买粮食。

说：“我主啊，求求你，我们当初下来，真的是要买粮食。

“先生，我们上次曾来这里买粮。

他们说：“先生啊，我们头一次下来，实在是要买粮食的。

他们说：“哦，我主啊，头一次我们真是下来买粮的。

說：「我主啊，我們頭次下來實在是要糴糧。

說：「我主啊，求求你，我們當初下來，真的是要買糧食。

說：「我主啊，求求你，我們當初下來，真的是要買糧食。

「先生，我們上次曾來這裡買糧。

他們說：“先生啊，我們頭一次下來，實在是要買糧食的。

說：『對不住，我主，我們起先下來，買糧食。

他們說：「哦，我主啊，頭一次我們真是下來買糧的。

吾主、昔我來此乞糴、

長者與、昔我來此乞糴。

主歟、昔我來此糴糧、

“ We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said,“ we came down here the first time to buy food.

“ Please, sir,” they said.“ We came down here the first time to buy food.

and said,“ Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.

They said,“ My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

and said,“ Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,

and said,“ O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

They said,“ Sir, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

They said,“ My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

and said,“ Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.

“ No, my lord!” they exclaimed.“ Your servants have simply come to buy food.

“ The man kept asking us questions about our family,” they replied.“ He asked,‘ Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered his questions. How could we know he would say,‘ Bring your brother down here’?”

But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack.

But Judah said,“ The man was serious when he warned us,‘ You won’t see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.