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# Your servant our father
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They refer to their father as "Your servant" to show respect. AT: "Our father who serves you"
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# They prostrated and bowed down
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These words basically mean the same thing. They laid down in front of the man to show him respect. AT: "They bowed down in front of him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# he lifted up his eyes
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This means "he looked up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# his mother's son, and he said
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This can be translated with a new sentence. AT: "his mother's son. Joseph said"
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# Is this your youngest brother ... me?
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Possible meanings are 1) Joseph is truly asking a question to confirm that this man is Benjamin, or 2) it is a rhetorical question. AT: "So this is your youngest brother ... me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# my son
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This is a friendly way one man speaks to another man of lower rank. AT: "young man"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prostrate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/benjamin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/grace]] |