diff --git a/gen/44/23.md b/gen/44/23.md index 36aff6ba00..95a129a4b6 100644 --- a/gen/44/23.md +++ b/gen/44/23.md @@ -1,20 +1,3 @@ -# General Information: - -Judah continues his story to Joseph - # Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.' -This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "Then you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]]) - -# Then you said to 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: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person]]) - -# comes down - -It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt. - -# you will not see my face again - -Here "face" stands for the whole person. Alternate translation: "you will not see me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]]) - +"Then you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again." \ No newline at end of file