unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/44/26.md

# go down

It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.

# 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. Alternate translation: "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. Alternate translation: "to see the man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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			`It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.`

4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# Then we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother ... is with us.'`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "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]])`
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			`# to see the man's face`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here "face" stands for the whole person. Alternate translation: "to see the man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00