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# They sat down to eat bread
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"Bread" represents food in general. AT: "They sat down to eat food" or "Joseph's brothers sat down to eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan
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Here looking up is spoken of as if a person literally lifted up his eyes. Also, the word "behold" is used here to draw the reader's attention to what the men saw. AT: "They looked up and they suddenly saw a caravan" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# bearing
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"carrying"
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# spices
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"seasonings"
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# balm
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an oily substance with a sweet smell used for healing and protecting skin. "medicine"
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# traveling to carry them down to Egypt
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"bringing them down to Egypt." This can be made more explicit. AT: "bringing them down to Egypt to sell them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# What profit is it if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
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This can be written as a statement. AT: "We do not gain a profit by killing our brother and covering up his blood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# cover up his blood
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This is a figure of speech referring to hiding Joseph's death. AT: "hide his murder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ishmael]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gilead]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/camel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/myrrh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]]