en_tn/gen/42/21.md

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in that we saw the distress of his soul

The word "soul" stands for Joseph. AT: "because we saw how distressed Joseph was" or "because we saw that Joseph was suffering" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

Therefore this distress has come upon us

The abstract noun "distress" can be stated as the verb "suffering." AT: "That is why we are suffering like this now" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)