## whom you sold into Egypt ##

Alternate translation: "whom you sold as a slave and sent to Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

## do not be grieved ##

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

## to preserve life ##

"so I could save lives"

## there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest ##

"there will be five more years without planting or harvesting." Alternate translation: "and the famine will last five more years"