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# went down
2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00
It was common to speak of going from Canaan to Egypt as going "down."
# from Egypt
Here "Egypt" refers to the people selling grain. Alternate translation: "from those selling grain in Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])