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17 lines
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# The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves. The Egyptians there ate with him by themselves
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This means that Joseph, the brothers, and the other Egyptians are eating in three different places within the same room. Alternate translation: "The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves and the Egyptians, who were eating with him, by themselves"
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# The Egyptians there ate with him by themselves
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These are probably other Egyptian officials who ate with Joseph, but they still sat separately from him and the Hebrew brothers.
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# because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is detestable to the Egyptians
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This can be translated as a new sentence: "They did this because the Egyptians thought it was shameful to eat with the Hebrews"
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# could not eat bread
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Here "bread" stands for food in general. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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