甚至在兄弟会之前。

Even before the Brotherhood.

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他们彼此说，我们在兄弟身上实在有罪。他哀求我们的时候，我们见他心里的愁苦，却不肯听，所以这场苦难临到我们身上。

And they said one to another, we are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。

His brother was acting as his deputy in America.

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Now, this famine, which strikes Canaan as well, drives Joseph's brothers to Egypt in search of food, and Joseph doesn't reveal himself to his brothers.

现在，这场饥荒却也同样袭击了迦南，迫使约瑟夫的兄弟前往埃及寻找食物，但是约瑟夫并没有在兄弟面前暴露身份。

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His grandmother is washing him and his brother in the tub, and she's washing his butt, and he says to her, "When you're finished, kiss back there."

他祖母帮他擦屁股时，他兄弟也在浴缸里，他对祖母说，：,“洗完澡你要亲我的屁股，“

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Now this is a debate that fits into the same category, as far as I'm concerned, as the one between the elder and the Second Brother.

此争论与，在我看来,与《科玛斯》中兄弟俩的那场争论是同一类的。

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