Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.

After satisfying their hunger, they further lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, and their ears are dull of hearing, their eyes also have they closed; lest some day they should see with their eyes, and with their ears they should hear, and in their mind they should understand, and should turn--and I should heal them.'