en_tn/gen/43/06.md

# Why did you treat me so badly

"Why did you cause me so much trouble"

# The man asked details

"The man asked many questions"

# about us

Here "us" is exclusive and refers to the brothers who went to Egypt and spoke with "the man." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])

# He said, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "He asked us directly if our father was still alive and if we had another brother." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# We answered him according to these questions

"We answered the questions he asked us"

# How could we have known that he would say ... down?

The sons use a question emphasize that the did not know what the man would tell them to do. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "We did not know he would say ... down!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "he would tell us to bring our brother down to Egypt." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# Bring your brother down

It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"Why did you cause me so much trouble"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The man asked details`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`"The man asked many questions"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# about us`

			`Here "us" is exclusive and refers to the brothers who went to Egypt and spoke with "the man." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])`

			`# He said, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?'`

			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "He asked us directly if our father was still alive and if we had another brother." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`# We answered him according to these questions`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`"We answered the questions he asked us"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# How could we have known that he would say ... down?`

			`The sons use a question emphasize that the did not know what the man would tell them to do. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "We did not know he would say ... down!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`

			`# he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'`

			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "he would tell us to bring our brother down to Egypt." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`# Bring your brother down`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]`