# Take also your brother

"Take also Benjamin"

# go again

"return"

# May God Almighty give you mercy before the man

The abstract noun "mercy" can be stated as the adjective "kind." AT: "May God Almighty cause the man to be kind to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# your other brother

"Simeon"

# If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved

"If I lose my children, then I lose my children." This means that Jacob knows he must accept whatever happens to his sons.

# in their hand they took

Here "hand" refers to the entire person. AT: "they took" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# went down to Egypt

It was common to use the phrase "went down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/almighty]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/josephot]]