unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/44/20.md

# General Information:

Judah continues to speak before Joseph

# We said to my master, 'We have a father ... his father loves him.'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And we said to my master that we have a father ... his father loves him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# we said to my master

Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "we said to you, my master" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# his father loves him

This refers to love for a friend or family member.

# Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may see him.'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And you said to your servants that we should bring our youngest brother to you so that you may see him" (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." AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# Bring him down to me

It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt. AT: "Bring him to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# After that, we said to my master, 'The boy cannot ... father would die.'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "In response, we said to my master that the boy cannot ... father would die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# his father would die

It is implied that their father would die from sorrow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Judah continues to speak before Joseph`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# We said to my master, 'We have a father ... his father loves him.'`

			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And we said to my master that we have a father ... his father loves him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`# we said to my master`

			`Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "we said to you, my master" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`

			`# his father loves him`

			`This refers to love for a friend or family member.`

			`# Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may see him.'`

			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And you said to your servants that we should bring our youngest brother to you so that you may see him" (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." AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`

			`# Bring him down to me`

			`It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt. AT: "Bring him to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# After that, we said to my master, 'The boy cannot ... father would die.'`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "In response, we said to my master that the boy cannot ... father would die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# his father would die`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`It is implied that their father would die from sorrow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]`