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# Now
This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
# let your servant
Judah refers to himself as "your servant." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "let me, your servant" or "let me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# to my master
Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." AT: "to you, my master" or "to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# let the boy go up
It was going to use the phrase "go up" when speaking about traveling from Egypt to Canaan.
# For how can I go up to my father if the boy is not with me?
Judah uses a question to emphasize the grief he would have if Benjamin did not return home. AT: "I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# I am afraid to see the evil that would come on my father
A person suffering terribly is spoken of as if "evil" were a thing that comes upon a person. AT: "I am afraid to see how much my father would suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]