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21 lines
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# General Information:
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Judah continues his story to Joseph
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# Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "Then you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# Then you said to 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. AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# comes down ... go down
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It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.
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# you will not see my face again
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Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "you will not see me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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