en_tn/gen/43/03.md

# Judah told him

"Judah told his father Jacob"

# The man

This refers to Joseph, but the brothers did not know it was Joseph. They referred to him as "the man" or "the man, the lord of the land" as in [Genesis 42:30](../42/29.md).

# warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

This has a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "warned us that we would not see his face unless we brought our youngest brother with us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# solemnly warned us

"was very serious when he warned us, saying"

# You will not see my face

Judah uses this phrase twice in 43:3-5 to emphasize to his father that they cannot return to Egypt without Benjamin. The phrase "my face" refers to the man, who is Joseph. AT: "You will not see me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# your brother is with you

Judah is referring to Benjamin, Rachel's last born before she died.

# we will not go down

It was common to use the phrase "go down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Judah told him`
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added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"Judah told his father Jacob"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The man`
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 refers to Joseph, but the brothers did not know it was Joseph. They referred to him as "the man" or "the man, the lord of the land" as in [Genesis 42:30](../42/29.md).`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This has a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "warned us that we would not see his face unless we brought our youngest brother with us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`# solemnly warned us`

			`"was very serious when he warned us, saying"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# You will not see my face`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Judah uses this phrase twice in 43:3-5 to emphasize to his father that they cannot return to Egypt without Benjamin. The phrase "my face" refers to the man, who is Joseph. AT: "You will not see me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`

			`# your brother is with you`

			`Judah is referring to Benjamin, Rachel's last born before she died.`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# we will not go down`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It was common to use the phrase "go down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.`