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# Now
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This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
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# therefore, when I come
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Judah begins to describe to Joseph a realistic but hypothetical case of what he will expect will happen to Jacob when he returns without Benjamin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])
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# when I come to your servant
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Here "come" can be translated as "go" or "return."
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# the lad is not with us
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"the boy is not with us"
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# since his life is bound up in the boy's life
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The father saying he would die if his son died is spoken of as if their two lives were physically bound together. Alternate translation: "since he said he would die if the boy did not come back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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