422 B
422 B
your servants
Joseph's brothers refer to themselves as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with more authority. Alternate translation: "We, your servants"
as our ancestors
"both we and our forefathers" or "both we and our ancestors"
We come as temporary residents in the land
"We have come to stay for a while in Egypt"
There is no pasture
"There is no grass to eat"