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# Now
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This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
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# therefore, when I come to your servant my father
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Judah begins to describe what he expects will happen to Jacob if he returns to Jacob without Benjamin. Here "come" can be translated as "go" or "return."
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# since his life is bound up in the boy's life
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The father saying he would die if his son died is spoken of as if their two lives were physically bound together. Alternate translation: "since he said he would die if the boy did not come back" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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