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We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are not spies. We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no longer alive ... land of Canaan.'
This has a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "We told him that we are honest men and not spies. We said that we are twelve brothers, sons of our father, and that one brother is no longer alive ... land of Canaan" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
One is no longer alive
The word "brother" is understood. AT: "One brother is no longer alive" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
the youngest is this day with our father
The word "brother" is understood. AT: "the youngest brother is with our father right now" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)