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# General Information:
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Judah continues to speak before Joseph
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# We said to my master, 'We have a father ... his father loves him.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And we said to my master that we have a father ... his father loves him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# we said to my master
Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "we said to you, my master" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# his father loves him
This refers to love for a friend or family member.
# Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may see him.'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And you said to your servants that we should bring our youngest brother to you so that you may see him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# Then you said to your servants
Judah refers to himself and his brothers as "your servants." AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
# Bring him down to me
It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt. AT: "Bring him to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# After that, we said to my master, 'The boy cannot ... father would die.'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "In response, we said to my master that the boy cannot ... father would die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# his father would die
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It is implied that their father would die from sorrow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])