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821 B
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23 lines
821 B
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## came near to ##
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"approached"
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## let your servant ##
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Judah refers to himself as "your servant." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with more authority. Alternate tranlsation: "let me, your servant"
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## speak a word in my lord’s ears ##
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"speak to you, my lord" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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## do let your anger burn against your servant ##
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"please do not be angry with me, your servant." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## for you are just like Pharaoh ##
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"for you are as powerful as Pharaoh" or "for you are equal to Pharaoh"
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## My lord asked his servants ##
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Judah refers to Joseph with the words "my lord" and "his." He also refers to himself and his brothers as "his servants." Alternate translation: "You, my lord, asked us, your servants" or "You asked us" |