35 lines
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35 lines
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## Now, therefore, when I come ##
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<b>Now, therefore, when I come</b> Judah is describing to Joseph a realistic but hypothetical case of what he will expect will happen to Jacob when he returns without Benjamin.
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## the lad is not with us ##
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"the boy is not with us"
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## since his life is bound up in the boy’s life ##
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"since he said he would die if the boy did not come back"
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## it will come about ##
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Judah is speaking about a hypothecial case in the future as if it would certainly happen. (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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## And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol ##
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See how you translated a similar phrase in [Genesis 42:37](../42/37.md).
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## And your servants ##
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Judah refers to himself and his brothers as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "And we, your servants" or "And we."
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## For your servant ##
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Judah refers to himself as "your servant." Alternate translation: "For I, your servant" or "For I."
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## became a guarantee for the boy to my father ##
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"made a promise about the boy to my father"
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## then I will bear the guilt to my father ##
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"then my father may blame me" |