- Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
- As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied, "to buy food."
- Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
- Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."
- "No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food.
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- 当时治理埃及地的是约瑟。粜粮给那地众民的就是他。约瑟的哥哥们来了,脸伏于地,向他下拜。
- 约瑟看见他哥哥们,就认得他们,却装作生人,向他们说些严厉话,问他们说,你们从哪里来。他们说,我们从迦南地来籴粮。
- 约瑟认得他哥哥们,他们却不认得他。
- 约瑟想起从前所作的那两个梦,就对他们说,你们是奸细,来窥探这地的虚实。
- 他们对他说,我主阿,不是的。仆人们是籴粮来的。
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