Others said,“ We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine.”

有的说：“我们典了田地、葡萄园、房屋，要得粮食充饥”；

有的说：“我们典押了田地、葡萄园、房屋，才得粮食充饥。”

有的说：“我们典押了田地、葡萄园、房屋，才得粮食充饥。”

有的说：“因为饥荒的缘故，我们要将田地、葡萄园和房屋作抵押来获取粮食。”

有些人说：“我们抵押了自己的田地、葡萄园和房屋，为要在饥荒中买到五谷。”

有的說：「我們典了田地、葡萄園、房屋，要得糧食充飢」；

有的說：「我們典押了田地、葡萄園、房屋，才得糧食充飢。」

有的說：「我們典押了田地、葡萄園、房屋，才得糧食充飢。」

有的說：「因為饑荒的緣故，我們要將田地、葡萄園和房屋作抵押來獲取糧食。」

有些人說：“我們抵押了自己的田地、葡萄園和房屋，為要在饑荒中買到五穀。”

有的說：『我們已典了我們的田地、葡萄園和房屋、去在這饑荒中取得五穀了。』

或曰、我質田畝、葡萄園、及第宅、因饑饉以得穀、

或曰、飢饉既甚、我已質田園宅第於人以糴穀。

或曰、我當質田畝、葡萄園、宅第、以糴榖充饑、

Others were saying,“ We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

Others were saying,“ We’re being forced to sell our fields, vineyards and homes. We have to do it to buy grain. There isn’t enough food for everyone.”

There were also those who said,“ We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.”

Others were saying,“ We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”

And there were others who said,“ We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses so that we might get grain because of the famine.”

There were also some who said,“ We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”

Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

Others were saying,“ We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”

[ Some] also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

There were others who said,“ We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”

There were also some who said,“ We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”

“ Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!“ But you ask,‘ What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’“ You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“ If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and cannot support himself, support him as you would a foreigner or a temporary resident and allow him to live with you.Do not charge interest or make a profit at his expense. Instead, show your fear of God by letting him live with you as your relative.Remember, do not charge interest on money you lend him or make a profit on food you sell him.I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.“ If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell himself to you, do not treat him as a slave.

When the people of Egypt and Canaan ran out of money, all the Egyptians came to Joseph.“ Our money is gone!” they cried.“ But please give us food, or we will die before your very eyes!”Joseph replied,“ Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and donkeys, Joseph provided them with food for another year.But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said,“ We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.As for the people, he made them all slaves, from one end of Egypt to the other.The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.Then Joseph said to the people,“ Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.Then when you harvest it, one fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”“ You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed.“ May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh’s servants.”

“ But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard hearted or tightfisted toward them.