# Do not be grieved

"do not be upset" or "do not be distressed"

# that you sold me here

The meaning can be stated more explicitly. Alternate translation: "that you sold me as a slave and sent me here to Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# to preserve life

Here "life" stands for the people that Joseph saved from dying during the famine. Alternate translation: "so I could save many lives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])