diff --git a/gen/39/09.md b/gen/39/09.md index 2d09cb1748..d1906c2c9d 100644 --- a/gen/39/09.md +++ b/gen/39/09.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # No one is greater in this house than I am -Here the author speaks of authority as if it were greatness. Alternate translation: "I have more authority in this house than anyone else" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"I have more authority in this house than anyone else" # He has not kept back anything from me but you -This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: "He has given me everything except you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]]) +"He has given me everything except you" # How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? -Joseph uses a question for emphasis. This can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "I certainly cannot do such a wicked thing and sin against God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"I certainly cannot do such a wicked thing and sin against God."