9:12a

This bread of ours: The Gibeonites said This bread of ours to call attention to the old bread they brought with them. In some languages it may be better to translate this as an imperative command, or as a rhetorical question. For example:

Look, see what our bread is like!
-or-
See this dry, crumbly bread of ours? (Contemporary English Version)

9:12b

was warm when we packed it at home: The clause was warm indicates that they had just finished baking the bread. It was warm because they took it out of the oven. If people are not familiar with making bread, it may be necessary to make this information explicit. For example:

it was hot out of the oven on the day we packed the food when we left our homes (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
we had just baked this bread and it was still warm when we took it from our houses

on the day we left to come to you: The phrase on the day we left to come to you refers to the day that the Gibeonites started their trip to the Israelite camp.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

on the day we left our houses

The phrase on the day we left to come to you may be incorporated into the first verse part, as in Contemporary English Version above. It may also be left as implicit information and not translated, as in New Century Version:

Look at our bread. On the day we left home to come to you it was warm and fresh (New Century Version)

9:12c

But take a look: The phrase But take a look calls attention to something important. It emphasizes that the journey was long because the bread is all dried up. Show this emphasis in a way that is natural in your language.

it is now dry and moldy: The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as moldy is used only three times in the Old Testament. The meaning is uncertain. You should translate it the same way you did in 9:5b.

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