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# They sat down to eat bread
"Bread" represents food in general. Alternate translation: "They sat down to eat food" or "Joseph's brothers sat down to eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
# They lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan
Here looking up is spoken of as if a person literally lifted up his eyes. Also, the word "behold" is used here to draw the reader's attention to what the men saw. Alternate translation: "They looked up and they suddenly saw a caravan" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
# bearing
carrying
# spices
seasonings
# balm
an oily substance with a sweet smell used for healing and protecting skin. "medicine"
# traveling to carry them down to Egypt
"bringing them down to Egypt." This can be made more explicit. Alternate translation: "bringing them down to Egypt to sell them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])