造成这一明显(与现代地理命名习惯相反的)上下倒置地命名的原因是，古埃及人认为尼罗河是“上天的恩赐”并因此使得所有事物的衡量标准都与尼罗河有关。

The reason for this apparent upside-down naming is that Egypt was considered the "Gift of the Nile" and as such everything was measured in relation to it.

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所罗门的智慧大过所有东方人的智慧，大过埃及人的一切智慧。

And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

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为此，所有的陵墓、金字塔以及一切的丧葬庙宇，埃及人民都把它们建在尼罗河西岸。

Therefore all tombs, pyramids and mortuary temples of Egypt are situated on the west bank of the Nile.

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This means the Israelites will have to wander for 40 years in the desert until all of those who left Egypt as adults pass away, leaving a new generation that hasn't really tasted slavery, to enter the land and form a new nation.

这意味着，犹太人必须在沙漠中流浪40年,直到所有一起出埃及的人过世，留下没有做过奴隶的，新一代人，进入应许之地，建立一个新的国家。

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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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