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# Do not be grieved
"do not be upset" or "do not be distressed"
# that you sold me here
The meaning can be stated more explicitly. Alternate translation: "that you sold me as a slave and sent me here to Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
# to preserve life
Here "life" stands for the people that Joseph saved from dying during the famine. Alternate translation: "so I could save many lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])