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## your servants ##
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Joseph's brothers refer to themselves as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with more authority. Alternate translation: "We, your servants"
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## as our ancestors ##
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"both we and our forefathers" or "both we and our ancestors"
## We come as temporary residents in the land ##
"We have come to stay for a while in Egypt"
## There is no pasture ##
"There is no grass to eat"