Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land?  Buy us and our land for food, and we with our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”
ከመ ፡ ኢንሙት ፡ እንከ ፡ በቅድሜከ ፡ ወምድርነኒ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢትማስን ፡ ንሥአነ ፡ ወአጥርየነ ፡ ኪያነሂ ፡ ወምድረነሂ ፡ ህየንተ ፡ እክል ፡ ወንኩን ፡ አግብርተ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ወምድርነሂ ፡ ትኩን ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ወሀበነ ፡ ዘርአ ፡ ወንዝራእ ፡ ከመ ፡ ንሕየው ፡ ወኢንሙት ፡ ወምድርነሂ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኢትማስን ።