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And when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!
But when he [finally] came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough food, while I am dying here of hunger!
Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, but I’m starving to death!
“At last he came to his senses and said, ‘Any number of my father’s hired workers have food to spare; and here I am, starving to death!
Finally, he came to his senses and said, “My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!
And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.
But having come to himself, he said, ‘How many hired-workers of my father are abounding with bread, but I am perishing here in a famine!
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?
“The son realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All my father’s hired workers have plenty of food. But here I am, almost dead because I have nothing to eat.
Then the son began to think about what he had done. He said to himself, “My father has many servants, and they have plenty of food to eat. They even have more food than they need. But I will die here because I do not have any food.
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, and I am dying from hunger!
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
When he ·realized what he was doing [came to his senses; L came to himself], he thought, ‘All of my father’s ·servants [hired workers] have ·plenty of [more than enough; abundant] ·food [bread]. But I am here, ·almost dying [perishing] with hunger.
Then he came to himself, and said, How many hired servants at my father’s have bread enough, and I die for hunger?
“Finally, he came to his senses. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, while I’m starving to death here?
At last he came to his senses and said, ‘All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
The son realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dying with hunger.
“Then he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!
Then he continued, “Once there was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the property that will come to me.’ So he divided up his property between the two of them. Before very long, the younger son collected all his belongings and went off to a foreign land, where he squandered his wealth in the wildest extravagance. And when he had run through all his money, a terrible famine arose in that country, and he began to feel the pinch. Then he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country who sent him out into the fields to feed the pigs. He got to the point of longing to stuff himself with the food the pigs were eating and not a soul gave him anything. Then he came to his senses and cried aloud, ‘Why, dozens of my father’s hired men have got more food than they can eat and here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go back to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have done wrong in the sight of Heaven and in your eyes. I don’t deserve to be called your son any more. Please take me on as one of your hired men.”’
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have abundance of bread, and I perish here with hunger!
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have an abundance of food, and I am dying here from hunger!
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired men have food enough and to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger!
“That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I’m going back to my father. I’ll say to him, Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.’ He got right up and went home to his father. “When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: ‘Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son ever again.’
“When he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have an abundance of bread, and here I am perishing with hunger!
“Coming to himself, · he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am, dying from hunger!
“Finally, he came to his senses. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, while I’m starving to death here?
Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger.
But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired laborers have more than enough bread, but I am dying here from hunger!
But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
“Then he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more food than they can consume, while here I am, dying of hunger.
When he realized what he was doing, he thought, ‘All of my father’s servants have plenty of food. But I am here, almost dying with hunger.
But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
“Then he began to think clearly again. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough food! But here I am dying from hunger!
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
‘When he came to his senses, he said, “How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
“He began to think about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘My father pays many men who work for him. They have all the food they want and more than enough. I am about dead because I am so hungry.
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
Then he came to himself and said, How many hired servants at my father’s have bread enough, and I am dying of hunger?
But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
But when he came to himself he said, “How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!
“He came to his senses. ‘Just think!’ he said to himself. ‘There are all my father’s hired hands with plenty to eat—and here am I, starving to death!
When he came to his senses, his seichel told him, How many of my Abba’s sachirim (hired workers) have more than enough okhel (food) and I am perishing here with hunger.
“Then he came to himself and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have enough bread, and I die for hunger?
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger!
“But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food overflowing, but here I am dying of hunger!
So he had this moment of self-reflection: “What am I doing here? Back home, my father’s hired servants have plenty of food. Why am I here starving to death?
But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
`Then he started to get sense. He said, "My father has many men who work for him. They have plenty of food. But here I am dying because I have nothing to eat!
And he turned again to himself, and said, How many hired men in my father's house have plenty of loaves; and I perish here through hunger [forsooth I perish here in hunger].
`And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
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