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31 lines
657 B
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## heard it ##
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"heard their plans"
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## and rescued him from their hand ##
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"and tried to rescue Joseph from their control" or "and tried to rescue Joseph from them"
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## Let us not take his life ##
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"Let us not kill Joseph" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])
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## Shed no blood ##
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"Do not spill any blood" or "Do not kill him"
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## but lay no hand upon him ##
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"but do not harm him"
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## that he might rescue him ##
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This could be translated as a new sentence: "Rueben said this so that he might rescue Joseph"
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## out of their hand ##
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"from his brother's control" or "from them"
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## to bring him back ##
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"so that Reuben might return Joseph" |