and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
and say, `O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food;
and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
Genesis — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And the famine was sore in the land. In this chapter is recorded the second journey of the sons of Jacob into Egypt, when the former supply of provision had been exhausted. It may, however, here be asked, how Jacob could have supported his family, even for a few…