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# Do not be grieved
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"do not be upset" or "do not be distressed"
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# that you sold me here
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The meaning can be stated more explicitly. Alternate translation: "that you sold me as a slave and sent me here to Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# to preserve life
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Here "life" stands for the people that Joseph saved from dying during the famine. Alternate translation: "so I could save many lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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