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# Will you really reign over us? Will you actually rule over us?
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Both of these phrases mean basically the same thing. Joseph's brothers are using questions to mock Joseph. They can be written as statements. Alternate translation: "You will never be our king, and we will never bow down to you!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# reign over us
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The word "us" refers to Joseph's brothers but not Joseph. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
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# for his dreams and for his words
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"because of his dreams and what he said"
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