unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/44/23.md

# General Information:

Judah continues his story to Joseph

# Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "Then you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again." (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." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])

# comes down ... go down

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

# you will not see my face again

Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "you will not see me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Judah continues his story to Joseph`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.'`

			`This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "Then you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again." (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." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])`

5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`# comes down ... go down`

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

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# you will not see my face again`

			`Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "you will not see me again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`