So the pharaoh enlists all of the people to annihilate the Israelites by drowning all newborn males in the Nile River.

法老便召集了所有人民歼灭以色列人,将男婴溺死在尼罗河中。

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And the high priest loads all of the sins and impurities of the Israelites on the head of a goat, which then carries them off into the wilderness away from the sanctuary.

大祭司将所有的罪孽,和以色列人的不洁放在一头山羊的头上，山羊将这些罪孽和不洁带到远离圣所的荒野以外。

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It is directed against Canaanites only, not all non-Israelites, for a very specific reason: religious purity.

这只指迦南人，而不是所有以色列人之外的人，有一个明确的原因，宗教圣洁。

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That was accessible to all Israelites.

所有的以色列人都能进入。

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Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his decent into Egypt, set the stage, not only for the reformation of his brothers' characters, which is an important part of the story, but for the descent of all of the Israelites into Egypt, so as to survive widespread famine.

约瑟夫兄弟们的背叛，他进入埃及，奠定了基础，不仅为他兄弟们品格的修复，这是故事中非常重要的一部分，也为所有以色列人进入埃及，为了幸免于蔓延的饥荒。

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