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- Now, therefore, when I come - Judah is describing to Joseph a realistic but hypothetical case of what he will expect will happen to Jacob when he returns without Benjamin.
- the lad is not with us - "the boy is not with us"
- since his life is bound up in the boy’s life - "since he said he would die if the boy did not come back"
- it will come about - Judah is speaking about a hypothecial case in the future as if it would certainly happen. (See :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_hypo)
- And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol - See how you translated a similar phrase in en:bible:notes:gen:42:37.
- And your servants - Judah refers to himself and his brothers as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "And we, your servants" or "And we."
- For your servant - Judah refers to himself as "your servant." Alternate translation: "For I, your servant" or "For I."
- became a guarantee for the boy to my father - "made a promise about the boy to my father"
- then I will bear the guilt to my father - "then my father may blame me"