¹¹ And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’

¹² This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is.

¹⁹ We have both straw and fodder^(A) for our donkeys^(B) and bread and wine^(C) for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”