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# General Information:
Judah continues his story to Joseph
# Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'
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]])
# Then you said to your servants
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]])
# comes down ... go down
It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.
# you will not see my face again
Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "you will not see me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# Then it came about
This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
# we went up to your servant my father
It was common to use the phrase "went up" when speaking of traveling from Egypt to Canaan.
# we told him the words of my master
Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." AT: "we told him what you said, my master" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# Our father said, 'Go again, buy us some food.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "Our father told us to go again to Egypt to buy food for us and our families." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# Then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother ... is with us.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "Then we said to him that we cannot go down to Egypt. We told him that if our youngest brother is with us ... is with us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# to see the man's face
Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "to see the man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/word]]