And they said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

他们又对法老说：“迦南地的饥荒甚大，仆人的羊群没有草吃，所以我们来到这地寄居。现在求你容仆人住在歌珊地。”

他们又对法老说：“迦南地的饥荒非常严重，仆人的羊群没有牧草，所以我们来到这地寄居。现在求你准许仆人住在歌珊地。”

他们又对法老说：“迦南地的饥荒非常严重，仆人的羊群没有牧草，所以我们来到这地寄居。现在求你准许仆人住在歌珊地。”

迦南的饥荒很严重，羊群没有草吃，所以我们到这里来寄居，求你准许仆人们住在歌珊。”

他们又对法老说：“我们来是要在这地寄居，因为迦南地的饥荒严重，你仆人们的羊群没有草吃，所以，现在求你容许你仆人住在歌珊地。”

他们又对法老说：“我们来是要在这地寄居，因为迦南地的饥荒严重，你仆人们的羊群没有草场了；现在求你容许仆人们住在歌珊地。”

他們又對法老說：「迦南地的饑荒甚大，僕人的羊羣沒有草吃，所以我們來到這地寄居。現在求你容僕人住在歌珊地。」

他們又對法老說：「迦南地的饑荒非常嚴重，僕人的羊羣沒有牧草，所以我們來到這地寄居。現在求你准許僕人住在歌珊地。」

他們又對法老說：「迦南地的饑荒非常嚴重，僕人的羊羣沒有牧草，所以我們來到這地寄居。現在求你准許僕人住在歌珊地。」

迦南的饑荒很嚴重，羊群沒有草吃，所以我們到這裡來寄居，求你准許僕人們住在歌珊。」

他們又對法老說：“我們來是要在這地寄居，因為迦南地的饑荒嚴重，你僕人們的羊群沒有草吃，所以，現在求你容許你僕人住在歌珊地。”

他們對法老說：『我們來、是要在這地寄居的，因為饑荒在迦南地很嚴重，那裏沒有牧場可以供給你僕人的羊羣：現在求王准僕人住在歌珊地。』

他們又對法老說：「我們來是要在這地寄居，因為迦南地的饑荒嚴重，你僕人們的羊群沒有草場了；現在求你容許僕人們住在歌珊地。」

又曰、迦南饑甚、牲畜無芻、故來旅此、求許僕居歌珊、

近者迦南饑甚、牲畜無蒭、故欲旅此、求法老許僕居坷山。

又對法老曰、迦南地饑甚、無芻牧畜、故僕來此旅居、今求許僕居歌珊地、

They also said to him,“ We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

They also said to him,“ We’ve come to live in Egypt for a while. There isn’t enough food anywhere in Canaan. There isn’t any grass for our flocks. So please let us live in Goshen.”

They said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

They also said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

And they said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to dwell in the land, because your servants have no pasture for their flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Then they said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine[ is] sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

Then they said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants’ flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

They also said to Pharaoh,“ We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”

you are to say,‘ Your servants, both we and our ancestors, have raised livestock from our youth until now.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to Egyptians.”

Then the LORD said to Abram,“ Know this for certain: Your offspring will be resident aliens for four hundred years in a land that does not belong to them and will be enslaved and oppressed.

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the LORD your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

Now the famine in the land was severe.

Now a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food.

Then Israel went to Egypt; Jacob lived as an alien in the land of Ham.

God spoke in this way: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and they would enslave and oppress them for four hundred years.

For this is what the Lord GOD says:“ At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.