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## my lord ##
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This refers to Joseph. This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "What can we say to you, my lord?"
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## God has found out the iniquity of your servants ##
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Here "found out" does not mean God just found out what the brothers did. It means God is now punishing them for what they did. Alternate translation: "God is punishing us for our past sins"
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## and he also in whose hand the cup was found ##
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Alternate translation: "and the one who had your cup" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## Far be it from me that I should do so ##
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"It is not like me to do something like that"
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## The man in whose hand the cup was found ##
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Alternate translation: "The man who had my cup." |