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-# Connecting Statement:
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-A three-level quotation is introduced with the words "Joseph spoke ... saying." The second level begins with the words "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak to Pharaoh, saying."
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 # days of weeping
 
 "days of mourning him" or "days of weeping for him"
 
 # Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh
 
-Here "house of Pharaoh" stands for the officials that make up Pharaoh's royal court. Alternate translation: "Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's officials" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's officials"
 
 # If now I have found favor in your eyes
 
-The phrase "find favor" is an idiom which means to be approved of by someone. Also, the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. Alternate translation: "If I have found favor with you" or "If you are pleased with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"If I have found favor with you" or "If you are pleased with me"